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Crash of a Fairchild 71 off Rockland: 1 killed

Date & Time: May 20, 1936
Type of aircraft:
Registration:
NC9171
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
643
YOM:
1929
Location:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
6
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
Shortly after takeoff from Rockland, the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances into the Penobscot Bay. A passenger was killed and six other occupants were rescued.