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Richmond, N.H. – August 13, 1984

December 6, 2018

Richmond, New Hampshire – August 13, 1984

At 6:45 p.m. on the evening of August 13, 1984, a single-engine Piper Malibu, (N4323G), with a lone pilot aboard left Westerly (R.I.) Airport bound for Keene, New Hampshire. While in-route, the aircraft went down in foggy weather while passing over the town of Richmond, N.H.. Rescue crews found the wreckage around 11:00 a.m. the following morning in a wooded area, about one mile in from Route 119, just over the Massachusetts-New Hampshire state line. The pilot did not survive.

Sources:

The Sun, (Westerly, R.I.), “Westerly Doctor Killed In Crash”, August 14, 1984, page 1

Providence Evening Bulletin, “Westerly Psychiatrist Killed In N.H. Air Crash”, August 14, 1984, page C-2

Aviation Safety Network, Wikibase #37533.

Richmond, N.H. – September 7, 1981

November 12, 2018

Richmond, New Hampshire – September 7, 1981

On September 7, 1981, a single-engine Gulfstream American AA-1B, (N1446R), with a husband and wife aboard, left Bar Harbor, Maine, bound for Dillant-Hopkins Airport in Keene, New Hampshire, and disappeared in-route. The wreckage of the aircraft was found two days later along a ridge in Richmond, about six miles from the airport. The aircraft had broken apart and burned on impact killing both occupants instantly.

Sources:

Westerly Sun, (R.I.), “Two Dead In Crash”, September 10, 1981, page 7.

Aviation Safety Network, #9714