- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | February 10, 1970 |
Time: | 1837 |
Location: | Long Island Sound, Connecticut |
Operator: | Pilgrim Airlines |
Flight #: | 203 |
Route: | Groton, CT - New York, NY |
AC Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 100 |
Registration: | N124PM |
cn / ln: | 41 |
Aboard: | 5 (passengers:3 crew:2) |
Fatalities: | 5 (passengers:3 crew:2) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | Crashed into Long Island Sound while on a flight from Groton to New York. Fuel exhaustion resulting from inadequate flight preparation and erroneous in-flight decisions by the pilot-in-command. |
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