About 1837, February 10, 1970, Pilgrim Aviation and Airlines, Inc., scheduled air taxi flight 203, a Turbo Prop De Havilland DHC-6, twin otter, was ditched in Long Island Sound near Waterford, Connecticut. The ditching occurred approximately 2 hours and 16 minutes after flight 203 departed from Trumbull Airport, Groton, Connecticut, on an instrument flight plan and clearance in instrument weather conditions for a scheduled flight to the John F. Kennedy International Airport, Jamaica, New York. At the time of the ditching, the flight was attempting to return to Trumbull Airport. The safety board determines that the probable cause of this accident was fuel exhaustion resulting from inadequate flight preparation and erroneous in-flight decisions by the pilot-in-command. (Author)
Aircraft Accident Report: Pilgrim Aviation and Airlines, Inc., De Havilland Turbo Prop Dhc-6, N124PM, in Long Island Sound Near Waterford, Connecticut, February 10, 1970
1971
38 pages
Report
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English
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