ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 192580
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| Date: | Tuesday 27 June 1961 |
| Time: | c. 14:45 |
| Type: |  Beechcraft D50 Twin Bonanza |
| Owner/operator: | El Paso Natural Gas Co |
| Registration: | N4311D |
| MSN: | DH-64 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1956 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near La Push, WA -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Orcas Island, WA |
| Portland, OR | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Twin-engined plane/Beechcraft Bonanza clipped a power cable of an offshore island while flying at about 80ft and crashed into the water. Pilot Don Cornwell (40) and four passengers (journalist Edward 'Ed' Victor Koterba, 42). The flight had been arranged by Bozell and Jacobs, a Seattle advertising agenty on behalf of El Paso Natural Gas Co.
Note: Beechcraft G18S (BA-582) N234W, Western Gas Service Co, El Paso, TX, last insp 12 JUN 1961, canx 11 FEB 1963
Sources:
St. Petersburg Times 28 June 1961, p2A/29 July 1961, p2A
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Jan-2017 21:44 | TB | Added |
| 06-Apr-2021 07:35 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Apr-2021 13:16 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Apr-2021 19:19 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 30-May-2021 13:38 | TB | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 12-May-2022 14:24 | Cobar | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn] |
| 12-May-2022 14:25 | Cobar | Updated [Aircraft type] |
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