Lake Winnipesaukee, N.H. – July 28, 1973

Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire – July 28, 1973

     On the afternoon of July 28, 1973, three teenagers, ranging in age from 15 to 18, took off from Laconia Airport in a Piper Cherokee and crashed just afterwards in Lake Winnipesaukee.  The aircraft went down about a mile from the airport, off shore of the town of Gilford, N.H.  None of the teenagers survived.    

 

     Source:

     Providence Evening Bulletin, “Pilot, 16, Flew —— Plane; Crash Kills 3”, July 30, 1973 

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