Francestown, New Hampshire – May 18, 1973
On the morning of May 18, 1973, a Cessna 205, with only a pilot aboard, left Bridgeport, Connecticut, bound for Concord, New Hampshire. At 8:30 a.m., the aircraft suddenly disappeared from radar and a search was instituted. The wrecked aircraft was spotted from the air by a New Hampshire Civil Air Patrol aircraft in a wooded area of the town of Francestown, N.H. The pilot was found dead at the scene.
Sources:
Providence Journal, “Plane Vanishes On Flight To Concord, N.H.”, May 19, 1973.
Providence Journal Bulletin, “Plane Wreckage Is Spotted In N. H. Woods”, May 19, 1973.
