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| Date: | Sunday 20 September 1959 |
| Time: | 11:00 |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter |
| Owner/operator: | State of New York Conservation Department |
| Registration: | N600 |
| MSN: | 256 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Location: | Street Mountain near Lake Placid, NY -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Saranac Lake, NY |
Crashed near the summit of Street Mountain unable to clear rising ground and caught fire.
Sources:
https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn86033360/1959-09-21/ed-1/seq-1/#date1=09%2F19%2F1959&sort=date&date2=09%2F22%2F1959&searchType=advanced&SearchType=prox5&sequence=0&index=16&am+p=&am+p=&words=Saranac&proxdistance=5&to_year=1959&rows=20&ortext=&from_year=1959&proxtext=Saranac&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=range&page=1
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