Mount Monadnock – February 3, 1984
Jaffrey, N.H.
On February 3, 1983, a chartered twin-engine Cessna 402, (N6814G), left Morristown, New Jersey, with a crew of two, and “four or five” passengers. The flight was bound for Concord Airport in New Hampshire. The flight arrived safely, and the passengers were discharged. At about 5:30 p.m., the aircraft took off from Concord for the return trip to New Jersey. While in-route the aircraft crashed into the side of Mount Monadnock near the summit of the 3,165 foot tall mountain. Both crewmen were killed on impact.
A signal from the aircraft’s electronic locator was picked up around 6:00 p.m. by satellite at Scott Air Force Base in Ill. Searchers were hampered by rain and fog, but reached the crash site 18 hours later.
Source:
The Sun, (Westerly, R. I.), “Plane Hits Mountain; Two Dead”, February 6, 1984, page 3.
