North Stonington, CT. – September 2, 1978

North Stonington, Connecticut – September 2, 1978 

     On the evening of September 3, 1978, a Piper Pacer, with a pilot and two passengers aboard, was landing at a private airport located on an 800 acre farm on Cossaduck Hill Road, (aka Rt. 201), when the airplane overshot the runway and struck a tree.  The impact pushed the tree over into the roadway while the airplane continued across the road and crashed into a stone wall and flipped over on its roof.  Both passengers were slightly injured.  The aircraft suffered heavy damage.

     Source:

     Providence Sunday Journal, “Two Slightly Injured In Conn. Plane Crash”, September 3, 1978, page A-1.  (With photo of crash.)

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