Quonset Point, Rhode Island – July 30, 1987
On July 30, 1987, a pilot and his passenger were practicing take-offs and landings in a single-engine Rockwell aircraft on Runway 16 at the former Quonset Point Naval Air Station. At about 2:30 p.m. the aircraft came in for a landing and just after touchdown suddenly veered to the left, went over a sea wall, and flipped upside down before crashing into the water of Narragansett Bay about twenty feet from shore. The aircraft lost a portion of its tail section. Both men were rescued and transported to medical facilities for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.
Source: Providence Journal, “Two Men Injured In Plane crash At Quonset”, July 31, 1987, page A-3
