Hyannis, Massachusetts – September 6, 1975
On the evening of September 6, 1975, a civilian twin-engine Beechcraft was making its landing approach to Barnstable Municipal Airport when the aircraft struck a lighted instrument tower near the end of a runway and crashed in a parking lot several hundred yards away on Willow Street. The plane exploded on impact and all three persons aboard were killed. At the time of the accident, weather conditions were poor, and the pilot was attempting an instrument lending.
Sources:
Boston Sunday Herald Advertiser,”3 Die In cape Plane Crash”, September 7, 1975, Section 2, page 25
Boston Globe, “New England News In Brief-Cape Crash”, September 8, 1975, page 4
Westerly Sun, (RI), Three Are Killed In Plane Crash”, September 8, 1975, page 3
The South Middlesex News, photo and caption, September 7, 1975, page 14A
