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AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT REPORT / FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
LaGUARRlA AIRPORT, NEW YORK JANUARY 4, 1971
DOUGLAS OC-3C, N7
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b . A b s t r a c t A F e d e r a l i w i a t i n n A d m i n i s t r a t i o n Douglas K-X, N7, crashed a p p r o x i - m t c l y 2,000 f e e t s h o r t 06 t h e approach t h r e s h o l d o f Rurway 6 a t La Guard ia A i r p o r t , N&. York, J ~ n u a r y 4 , 15'71, a t 1F3? e .s . t . The creci was a t t e n p t i n g t o f l y a.n I n s t r u m e n t
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