Ridgefield, Connecticut – June 11, 1983
Shortly before 2:00 p.m. on June 11, 1983, a Beechcraft Bonanza, took off from Danbury, Connecticut. There were four people aboard, three men and one woman. Roughly ten minutes after leaving Danbury, the aircraft crashed in a wooded area off Mopus Bridge Road in the town of Ridgefield, less than 200 yards from the New York Border.
The occupants of the plane were found in the badly burned wreckage. Positive identification was to be made by the Medical Examiner’s Office.
Source: New York Times, “Four Die As Small Plane Crashes Minutes After Leaving Danbury”, June 12, 1983
