Coonamessett Airport Accident | New England Aviation History

Falmouth, MA – May 26, 1960

May 31, 2015

Falmouth, Massachusetts – May 26, 1960

Coonamessett Airport

On the morning of May 26, 1960, Carl D. Jeschke, was practicing a landing approach at Coonamessett Airport in Falmouth, when the Aeronca Champ he was piloting suddenly lost power and crashed behind “the Knollwood” on Boxberry Hill Road. Although the plane was heavily damaged, Jeschke was unhurt.

Source: Falmouth Enterprise, “Pilot Unhurt As Light Plane Crashes”, May 27, 1960

Filed Under: Massachusetts - Civil Tagged With: Carl D. Jeschke, Coonamessett Airport Accident, Falmouth Massachusetts Plane Crash, Massachusetts Aircraft Accident, Massachusetts Aviation Accident, Massachusetts Plane crash

Falmouth, MA – July 15, 1951

May 31, 2015

Falmouth, Massachusetts – July 15, 1951

On July 15, 1951, a two-passenger Luscombe trainer aircraft took off from Coonamessett Airport, (A small airport in Falmouth), for a sight seeing flight over the area. As the pilot, Harold A. Fasick Jr. was flying over the home of his passenger, Larry Sands, the engine suddenly quit, and the plane crashed near St. Anthony’s Church in East Falmouth. Neither of the two men were hurt.

Source: Falmouth Enterprise, “Pilot Is Fines After Crack-up In East Falmouth”, August 10, 1951.