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| Date: | Saturday 4 March 1950 |
| Time: | 17:30 |
| Type: |  Cessna 170 |
| Owner/operator: | Howard Airways |
| Registration: | N4053V |
| MSN: | 18385 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Block Island Sound off Misquamicut, Westerly, Rhode Island -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Westerly, RI |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Two airplane collided. Both crashed into the sea.
Sources:
El Tiempo 5 March 1950, p7 n
https://books.google.nl/books?id=IbctAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA9&dq=%C2%A0plane+crash&article_id=1178,5780499&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiI1aC7zMOLAxW5-gIHHT-MMWw4ChDoAXoECAoQAw#v=onepage&q=%C2%A0plane%20crash&f=false
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Oct-2013 19:04 | thepianoguy17 | Added |
| 14-Mar-2014 10:29 | TB | Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 10-Jan-2022 15:08 | Cobar | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 14-Feb-2025 16:52 | Cobar | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, ] |
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