Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | 21 JAN 1971 |
| Time: | 19:55 |
| Type: | Rockwell 1121 Jet Commander |
| Operator: | Cousin Properties |
| Registration: | N400CP |
| C/n / msn: | 30 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Airplane damage: | Missing |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Lake Champlain, NY (United States of America) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Burlington International Airport, VT (BTV/KBTV), United States of America |
| Providence Airport, RI (PVD/KPVD), United States of America |
The aircraft went missing and is presumed to have crashed in Lake Champlain, NY.
Search for the airplane was called off on February 4, 1971. A new search was initiated on February 11 in the Mitchell Mountain area after a "glimmer" of light was spotted in the area. The source of the glimmer was not found.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Undetermined." Events:
Sources:
» NTSB
» Bangor Daily News - Feb 12, 1971
Photos
Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Burlington International Airport, VT to Providence Airport, RI as the crow flies is 333 km (208 miles).
Distance from Burlington International Airport, VT to Providence Airport, RI as the crow flies is 333 km (208 miles).
