Date & Time: Jul 16, 2024 at 0932 LT
Type of aircraft:
Cessna 402
Registration:
N7875E
Flight Type:
Private
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Fort Meade - Easton
MSN:
402B-0432
YOM:
1973
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
1
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
On approach to Easton-Newman Field Airport Runway 04, MD, the pilot lost control of the airplane that crashed into the Tred Avon River. The wreckage was found about 7 km short of runway. The airplane sank and the pilot was killed. The pilot apparently reported engine problem on final.