Airplane Crash - Augusta, Maine 08/19/1971
Details of airplane crash/ shootdown - Augusta, Maine
Date | 08/19/1971 |
Time | 20:40 |
Location | Augusta, Maine |
Operator | Downeast Airlines |
Route | Boston, MA - Rockville, ME diverted to Augusta ME |
Type | Piper PA-31 |
Registration | N595DE |
Cn/In | 31-422 |
Aboard | 8 |
Fatalities | 3 |
Ground | 0 |
Summary | Crashed in dense fog while making an approach to Agusta State Airport. Discontinue VOR approach, attempted to maintain visual flight in IFR conditions at an altitude below obstructing terrain. |
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