Sanbornton, N.H. – October 8, 1982

Sanbornton, New Hampshire – October 8, 1982

     Shortly before 9:30 p.m. on the night of October 8, 1982, a single-engine Piper Cherokee with four persons aboard was approaching Laconia Municipal Airport in a rainstorm when it suddenly disappeared from radar.  A search was begun, and the aircraft was located the following day in a thickly wooded section of the neighboring town of Sanbornton.  All four people aboard perished in the crash.

     Source:

     Providence Sunday Journal, “N.H. Airplane Crash Kills 4 In Rainstorm”, October 10, 1982.    

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