Burlington - Providence

On January 27, 1971 at 07:55 PM, Burlington - Providence experienced a crash involving Rockwell 1121 Jet Commander, operated by Cousins Properties, with the event recorded near New York New York.

The flight was categorized as executive/corporate/business and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

5 people were known to be on board, 5 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 3, passenger fatalities: 3, other fatalities: 0.

While cruising by night over the State of New York on a flight from Burlington, Vermont, and Providence, Rhode Island, the twin engine airplane disappeared from radar screens without the pilots having been able to transmit all or part of an emergency message. SAR operations were conducted but eventually suspended few days later as no trace of the aircraft nor the crew was ever found. It is believed that the aircraft may crash into Lake Champlain but again, no trace was ever found.

Aircraft reference details include registration N400CP, MSN 1121-30, year of manufacture 1965.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 36.1021°, -115.1745°.