ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 174487
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| Date: | Friday 1 April 1955 |
| Time: | 19:30 |
| Type: |  Republic RC-3 Seabee |
| Owner/operator: | private |
| Registration: | N6095K |
| MSN: | 278 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 15 mi E of Aruba -
 Aruba
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Miami |
| Aruba via Port-au-Prince | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Ditched after getting lost and running out of fuel. Occupants rescued 21 hours later by the italian freighter Acheo. Airplane type as "Scabbe" and "Public Seabee" in newspapers.
Sources:
El Litoral 3 April 1955, p1
A Noite 4 April 1955, p4
Amigoe di Curacao : weekblad voor de Curacaosche eilanden
06-04-1955
https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010404555:mpeg21:a0044
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Mar-2015 18:03 | TB | Added |
| 19-Nov-2019 13:38 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Feb-2020 18:43 | Cobar | Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source, Narrative] |
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