Penobscot Island Air provides service to seven offshore islands and the mainland communities of Bar Harbor, Belfast, Rockland and Stonington and is based at the Knox County airport. Stay informed with the Maine Island Living e-Magazine!
Penobscot Island Air offers flightseeing and other air charter services to and from the islands of Penobscot Bay and the coast of Maine. Click Here (Thanks to Linda Hutchins of Orlando, Florida.) Knox County Sheriff Donna Dennison said the crash occurred at 7:41 a.m. when the plane operated by Penobscot Island Air crashed into trees at the end of the runway at the Vinalhaven airstrip.

Penobscot Island Air is a small regional airline based at Knox County Regional Airport, Maine, United States (RKD) operating from a private terminal.The airline operates scheduled service to the islands in Maine's Penobscot Bay, and offers private charter land and seaplane flights throughout the region. The company voluntarily grounded the fleet until a safety investigation is completed following Wednesday's fatal accident on Matinicus. Penobscot Island Air owner Kevin Waters said Friday that he had not yet seen the report concerning the October 2011 crash that was released Thursday. Penobscot Island Air is based at Knox County Regional Airport, Owls Head.

Kevin Waters, owner of Penobscot Island Air, pilots a plane in a photograph taken in 2005.

Penobscot Island Air will continue, according to longtime pilot Brud Folger, who said that Waters’ wife, Terry Waters, will serve as president of the corporation. Penobscot Island Air suspends flights after fatal crash. Penobscot Island Air Mail Plane Crashes on Vinalhaven - June 26, 2017 At approximately 7:41 a.m. on the morning of June 26, 2017, Knox County Sheriff's Deputies Robert Potter and Paul Simonetti responded to the airstrip on the island of Vinalhaven for a reported plane crash. View a slideshow of Maine's Lighthouses! (Click photo for larger image.) Waters, 62, died of natural causes Sunday night at his home in South Thomaston.