Worcester, Vermont – November 23, 1957 

     At 1:45 a.m. on the morning of November 23, 1957, two men from Hawthorne, New York, took off from Newport, Vermont, in a single-engine Bellanca, (reg. No. N74442), bound for Dutches county Airport in Poughkeepsie, New York.  While flying at an altitude of 6,500 feet, the pilot reported ice building up on the wings, and was directed to Burlington Airport.  While attempting to make Burlington, the plane suddenly fell from the sky and crashed in a wooded swamp on a mink farm killing both men instantly.   

     Sources:

     Plattsburg Press-Republican, “Icing Forces Plane Down Killing Two”, November 25, 1957.  

     Aviation Safety Network