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| Date: | Wednesday 2 October 1957 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada L-20A Beaver |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Aviation |
| Registration: | 56-4398 |
| MSN: | 1091 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Lookout Mountain, VT -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Governor's Island, NY |
| Burlington, VT |
The single engine aircraft left Governors Island, New York, in the morning, bound for Burlington, Vermont. After passing over the Hudson River, the crew encountered poor weather conditions. Off course, the plane hit trees and crashed on the east side of the Bloodfoot mountain, about 7 miles east of Brandon. As the aircraft failed to arrive at Burlington, SAR operations were conducted but the wreckage was found ten days later only. The aircraft was destroyed and all four occupants have been killed. It was reported that one of the occupant survived the crash but died from his injuries three days later.
Crew:
Cpt Eual Cathey.
Passengers:
Col David M. Perkins,
Col Emery Hyde,
Lt Col Clinton Merrill.
Sources:
http://www.armyaircrews.com/fixed.html
https://www.bostonglobe.com/magazine/2017/03/21/decades-later-can-navy-fighter-pilot-finally-find-his-father-downed-plane/8SB818hdb6qye4xVw0DH4I/story.html
https://dhc-2.com/cn1091.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Jul-2014 19:03 | TB | Added |
| 22-Mar-2017 08:19 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Mar-2020 00:07 | Captain Adam | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 24-Nov-2024 10:42 | Cobar | Updated [Registration, Cn, Other fatalities, Source, ] |
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