- Date
- 2021-11-13
- Kind
- Accident
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- aviationdeathemergency-responsefamilycommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
On November 13, 2021, a Britten-Norman BN-2A traveling to Beaver Island crashed, killing William Julian, Michael Perdue, Kate Leese, and Adam Kendall; 11-year-old Laney Perdue survived, according to a television-news account preserved in the forum and subsequent family memorials.
Evidence limits
This record preserves the forum’s near-contemporary account and memorial evidence, but it is not an official accident investigation. The held forum material does not establish the crash location, weather, cause, aircraft registration, emergency-response sequence, or later investigative findings.
Sources
- The first-party board agenda included proposed resolutions honoring Joseph D. Reed Sr., Kate Leese, and Adam Kendall and a memorial-bench proposal for Reed, Leese, and Kendall. It corroborates institutional memorial recognition, but the agenda is not minutes and does not prove that the resolutions or benches were adopted.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 16 · t016971
- A community notice invited people to gather at Holy Cross Catholic Church in spirit while Perdue’s funeral was held in Gaylord. It establishes a local memorial response, not the funeral’s complete record or burial completion.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 16 · t016930
- The post relays a WPBN/WGTU account saying William Julian, Mike Perdue, Kate Leese, and Adam Kendall were killed when the Britten-Norman BN-2A carrying them to Beaver Island crashed on November 13; 11-year-old Laney Perdue survived. The forum copy is a secondary news relay, not a held official accident report.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 16 · t016888
- The memorial identifies Michael Fleischman Perdue, age 43, as a crash victim and records his Beaver Island family connection and planned burial on the island. It is a family memorial rather than an investigative finding.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 16 · t016895
- The posts link to funeral-home notices for Adam Kendall and Katie Leese; the later arrangements post identifies both as crash victims. The linked notices’ full text is not preserved in the forum archive.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 16 · t016881
- The posts link to funeral-home notices for Adam Kendall and Katie Leese; the later arrangements post identifies both as crash victims. The linked notices’ full text is not preserved in the forum archive.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 16 · t016882
- Two duplicate community notices said the November 14 Holy Cross Mass would begin at 12:45 rather than 12:15 because of the plane crash and asked for prayers for those killed and their families. They document immediate community impact, not crash facts, victims, or cause.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 16 · t016874
- Two duplicate community notices said the November 14 Holy Cross Mass would begin at 12:45 rather than 12:15 because of the plane crash and asked for prayers for those killed and their families. They document immediate community impact, not crash facts, victims, or cause.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 16 · t016875
- A later thread documents post-crash care of the vineyard founded by Kate Leese and Adam Kendall, including family statements that the long-term future was undecided and that the immediate goal was to keep the vines alive toward a first vintage honoring them. It enriches the memorial aftermath, not the crash investigation or vineyard ownership record.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 17 · t017734
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island plane crash kills four people and leaves one survivor, 2021”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-plane-crash-four-fatalities-2021/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Rural Health Center, “BIRHC 1/13 Board of Directors Mtg Agenda,” Beaver Island Forum, January 12, 2022. (and 6 further sources listed on the page).
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