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Description

This aircraft made an emergency landing into Eagle Lake in northern Maine in June 1979. A cockpit fire forced the plane down. It was carrying 800 gallons of pesticide. The crew members were uninjured.

In 1979 Maine's forests were beset by an outbreak of spruce budworm which infected the spruce trees and made them unusable to the timber industry. This plane was spraying the forests with the pesticide Sevin-4. Close to 100 gallons of pesticide drained into the lake, but the remaining liquid was siphoned off.

The United Press International caption attached to the photo identified the plane as a C-47. However, it probably is a DC-4/C-54.

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About This Item

• Title: Plane rescue, Eagle Lake, 1979
• Creation Date: 1979
• Subject Date: 1979
• Location: Eagle Lake, Piscataquis County, ME
• Media: Photographic print
• Dimensions: 20 cm x 26 cm
• Local Code: Coll. 1880, Box 1/4
• Collection: United Press International collection
• Object Type: Image

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Standardized Subject Headings

• Aircraft accidents--Maine--Eagle Lake--Photographs
• Airplanes
• Flight
• Pesticides--Maine
• Spruce budworm--Maine

Other Keywords

• Nature, geography & animals
• Planes
• Transportation

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Maine Historical Society
485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822 x230
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