ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 342466
| Date: | Thursday 27 August 1931 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Sikorsky S.41B |
| Owner/operator: | Boston-Maine Airways |
| Registration: | NC41V |
| MSN: | 1100X |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 13 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | off Gloucester, MA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | |
A Sikorsky S.41B amphibian sank after making a forced landing in thick fog off Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA.
The aircraft operated on a flight from Halifax, Canada, to Boston, USA. During an intermediate stop at Portland, Maine, the pilot received a weather report for the leg to Boston, which read: "clear with fair visibility". After passing Portsmouth, New Hampshire, a heavy fog bank came rolling in. The pilot descended to maintain visual contact with the ground and ultimately decided to perform a forced landing at sea. After touchdown a hole was torn in the left pontoon. The occupants evacuated on top of the wing. A fishing schooner rescued all but one of the occupants. The aircraft sank.
Sources:
Lowell Sun August 28, 1931
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