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| Title | Photographs of light plane crash, Peaks of Otter sub-district |
| Title Note | Powell's Gap [Powell Gap], MP 89, August 1971 |
| Date | August 1971 |
| Description | Image shows a portion of a small aircraft that has been in an accident. The aircraft is on the ground near the side of the roadway, and near the base of a tree. There are areas along the tree trunk and near the top of the tree trunk that appear to have had the bark stripped away. There are three automobiles parked near the wreckage of the aircraft, and there is a group of people standing in a circle to the side of one of the automobiles. The image was taken near Powell Gap, near milepost 89.1 in Section 1K of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Taken by Robert G. Bruce in August 1971. |
| Location |
Location Name: Powell Gap Parkway Milepost: 89.1
Latitude: 37.4718028
Longitude: -79.6422595 |
| Creator Individual | Robert G. Bruce |
| Tags |
Aircraft accidents
Airplanes Automobiles Bedford County (Va.) People Photographs Trees View of road |
| Credit | Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway |
