- Date
- circa 1965-10
- Kind
- Accident
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- disastertransportationcommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The October 1965 Beaver Beacon reported that Dr. and Mrs. Edward Heneveld died when their airplane crashed and burned during takeoff at Beaver Island airport during the opening week of hunting season.
Evidence and limits
This is a newspaper accident report. It does not preserve the exact date, aircraft registration, official investigation, or independent death records.
Sources
- Reports the takeoff crash and fire that killed Dr. and Mrs. Edward Heneveld at the north end of the north-south runway; it does not provide an accident date, aircraft registration, investigation, or official fatality record.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1965-10_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published report; it does not expand the source-specific crash, aircraft, or casualty claims.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1965-10_Beaver-Beacon
Added 6 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Edward and Mrs. Heneveld killed in Beaver Island airplane crash, 1965”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-airplane-tragedy-1965/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October 1965, “Beaver Island Airplane Tragedy.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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