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Date: | Monday 6 August 1962 |
Time: | |
Type: | North American Navion A (L-17C) |
Owner/operator: | private |
Registration: | N10302 |
MSN: | NAV-4-949 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 5 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Mingan, QC -
Canada
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Phase: | |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Mingan airstrip, QC |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Crashed in the St. Lawrence River minutes after take-off from a tiny airstrip. Pilot Sgt Adrien Lapointe (29), Sept-Iles, C, stationed at Loring AFB, Limestone, ME, and relatives. One survived seriously injured.
Sources:
Youngstown Vindicator 7 August 1962, p13
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
10-May-2021 08:33 |
TB |
Added |
16-Jun-2021 17:21 |
Anon. |
Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Country] |
16-Jun-2021 17:21 |
harro |
Updated [Country] |
20-Feb-2022 16:20 |
TB |
Updated [Country] |