Mansfield, Massachusetts – January 22, 1970
On the afternoon of January 23, 1970, three men took off from Mansfield Airport in an Apache Piper 160 airplane. Just after becoming airborne it was noted that the engines weren’t developing full power so the pilot turned the plane to return to the airport. As he was trying to land the plane lost power and crashed in a swampy field short of the runway. The left wing struck the ground first causing the plane to flip over. All three occupants escaped through an emergency hatch suffering non-life-threatening injuries.
Source:
The Attleboro Sun, “Three Men Escape Death In Crash Of Light Plane In Mansfield Swamp”, January 23, 1970.
