Accident Beechcraft D18S N80322, Monday 18 May 1953
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Date:Monday 18 May 1953
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic BE18 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Beechcraft D18S
Owner/operator:Private
Registration: N80322
MSN: A-298
Fatalities:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Block Island Sound off Watch Hill, RI -   United States of America
Phase: En route
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Princeton, NJ
Destination airport:Westerly, RI
Narrative:
Lost control in fog and crashed into the sound.

Sources:

https://books.google.nl/books?id=pdlGAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA19&dq=Plane+crash&article_id=4423,2441375&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjt38bC582PAxUZ3gIHHZ8KDBYQ6AF6BAgPEAM#v=onepage&q=Plane%20crash&f=false

Revision history:

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