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| Date: | Monday 8 October 1956 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter |
| Owner/operator: | Taxi Air Group Lines |
| Registration: | N96T |
| MSN: | 110 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1956 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Cleveland, OH -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Cleveland, OH |
| Detroit, MI | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A 11-seat Otter seaplane crashed and sank in Lake Erie. Pilot and four businessmen rescued.
Sources:
St. Petersburg Times 9 October 1956, p18
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 11 May 1959 | CF-JRS | Wardair | 0 | Coral Harbour, Southampton Island, NT |  |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Apr-2022 15:20 | TB | Added |
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