Block Island, Rhode Island – June 28, 1987
At 1 p.m. on June 28, 1987, a single-engine aircraft with a lone pilot aboard took off from Block Island Airport in a Cessna Hawk bound for Westerly, R. I. Just after take off the engine lost all power and the plane went down in a brushy area about a half-mile from the airport. The pilot was not injured.
Source: Providence Journal, “No One Hurt In Block I. Plane Crash”, July 1, 1987, page A-11
