- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: February 10, 1970
Time: 1837
Location: Long Island Sound, Connecticut
Operator: Pilgrim Airlines
Flight #: 203
Route: Groton, CT - New York, NY
AC Type: de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 100
Registration: N124PM
cn / ln: 41
Aboard: 5   (passengers:3  crew:2)
Fatalities: 5   (passengers:3  crew:2)
Ground: 0
Summary: Crashed into Long Island Sound while on a flight from Groton to New York. Fuel exhaustion resulting from inadequate flight preparation and erroneous in-flight decisions by the pilot-in-command.
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