Templeton, Massachusetts – January 28, 1984

     On January 28, 1984, a rented Piper Cherokee, (N55495), took off from Mansfield, Massachusetts, bound for Manchester, New Hampshire, with four people aboard, and disappeared in-route.   The wreckage of the missing plane was found on February 10th by a 40-year-old man and his 18-year-old daughter in a remote section of woods in Templeton.  There were no survivors.   

     Sources:

     The Sun, (Westerly, R.I.), “Airplane Still Missing”, January 31, 1984, page 12

     Providence Evening Bulletin, “Plane Missing Five days, R.I. Aircraft Join Search”, February 1, 1984, page A-4

     Providence Journal Bulletin, “Four Bodies, Plane Wreckage Found In Massachusetts Woods”, February 11, 1984, page A-17

     Aviation Safety Network, Wikibase #36340