Glastonbury, Connecticut – January 3, 1986
On the morning of January 3, 1986, a single-engine Cessna 182L, (N3349R), with two men aboard, left North Central State Airport in Smithfield, Rhode Island, bound for Brainard Airport in Hartford, Connecticut. As they approached the Hartford area they encountered heavy rains and poor visibility. The aircraft disappeared from radar at about 10:30 a.m.
It was determined that the aircraft had gone down somewhere in the southern portion of the town of Glastonbury, and a search was begun, but by afternoon the aircraft had still not been located. The wreck was found the following day in a thickly wooded area by state police searching from the air. When rescue workers reached the scene they found that both men had died in the crash. Both victims were from Rhode Island.
Sources:
Providence Journal Bulletin, “Small Plane From R. I. Carrying 2 Believed Crashed Near Hartford”, January 4, 1986, page A-8
The Sun, (Westerly, R. I.), “Two Rhode Islanders Die In Connecticut Plane Crash”, January 5, 1986, page 9.
Providence Sunday Journal, “2 R. I. Residents Believed Victims Of Plane Crash In Connecticut”, January 5, 1986, Metropolitan section C. (With photo).
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