T.F. Green Airport – November 23, 1974
On the morning of November 23, 1974, a single-engine aircraft with a family of four aboard left Teterboro, New Jersey bound for Lawrence, Massachusetts. While en-route, the aircraft developed engine trouble when the pilot was switching fuel tanks. The pilot was forced to make an emergency landing on the northeast runway at T.F. Green Airport in Warwick, Rhode Island.
Upon touching down the aircraft skidded for about 500 feet before it nosed over and came to rest. The nose and propeller suffered heavy damage, and the right wheel had broken away. There was no fire, and the family was uninjured, and left the aircraft on their own. The wreckage was removed from the runway within twenty-five minutes, and the runway reopened.
Source:
Providence Sunday Journal, “Family Of 4 Unhurt In Plane Crash”, November 24, 1974, page C-16
