Pilgrim Airlines Flight 458

Pilgrim Airlines Flight 458

Wreckage of the aircraft
Accident
Date	February 21, 1982 (1982-02-21)
Summary	In-flight fire due to defective windshield washer/deicing system
Site	Scituate Reservoir, Scituate, near Providence, Rhode Island
Aircraft
The aircraft involved in the accident in a previous livery.
Aircraft type	De Havilland Canada DHC-6-100 Twin Otter
Operator	Pilgrim Airlines
IATA flight No.	PM458
ICAO flight No.	PMT458
Call sign	PILGRIM 458
Registration	N127PM
Flight origin	LaGuardia Airport, New York City, New York
1st stopover	Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial Airport, Stratford, Connecticut
2nd stopover	Tweed New Haven Airport, New Haven, Connecticut
3rd stopover	Groton–New London Airport, Groton, Connecticut
Destination	Logan International Airport, Boston, Massachusetts
Occupants	12
Passengers	10
Crew	2
Fatalities	1
Injuries	11
Survivors	11

Pilgrim Airlines Flight 458 was a scheduled United States passenger air commuter flight from LaGuardia Airport in New York City to Logan Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, with stopovers in Bridgeport, New Haven, and Groton, Connecticut. On February 21, 1982, the de Havilland Canada DHC-6-100 operating the flight made a forced landing on the frozen Scituate Reservoir near Providence, Rhode Island, after a fire erupted in the cockpit and cabin due to leakage of flammable windshield washer/deicing fluid. One passenger was unable to escape the aircraft and died of smoke inhalation, and eight of the remaining nine passengers, as well as both crew members, received serious injuries from the fire and crash-landing.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}