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Templeton, MA. – January 28, 1984

November 23, 2018

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

Templeton, MA. – January 11, 1979

September 22, 2018

Templeton, Massachusetts – January 11, 1979

On January 11, 1979, a Piper PA-31, (#N33TN), with three people aboard, left Concord Municipal Airport in Concord, Mass., bound for Westchester County, New York. Meanwhile, an Aerostar 600 corporate jet, (#N80225), with a pilot and one passenger aboard, was passing over Massachusetts bound for Syracuse, New York. Despite what an investigator for the Massachusetts Aeronautics Commission described as “super clear” weather, the two aircraft were involved in a mid-air collision over the town of Templeton.

One plane crashed into a wooded hillside about a half-mile from Gardner Airport. The other went down in a frozen swamp. All person’s aboard both aircraft perished.

Investigators speculated that despite the clear weather, the pilots of both aircraft had failed to see each other.

Sources:

Providence Evening Bulletin, “Weather Clear At Time Of Crash”, January 11, 1979, Page A-8

Providence Journal Bulletin, “Try Made To Recover Crashed Plane”, January 13, 1979, Page 3

Aviation Safety Network, Wikibase #3147, and #13600