Lincoln, Rhode Island – August 29, 2003
On the morning of August 29, 2003, a 38-year-old North Providence man took off from T. F. Green Airport in a Piper Tomahawk bound for North Central State Airport in Smithfield, Rhode Island, to practice “touch-and-go” landings and take offs. Shortly before 11 a.m. he was approaching Runway 23 when the aircraft suddenly lost all power and crashed about 500 feet from the end of the runway in a wooded area off Albion Road on the Lincoln/Smithfield town line, not far from the A.T. Cross Co. The airplane was completely wrecked, having landed up-side down with one wing torn away. Fortunately there was no fire, and the lone pilot was able to extricate himself and walk out to a nearby roadway where he encountered Chief Frank Sylvester of the Lime Rock Fire Department.
Sources:
The Observer, “Student Pilot Escapes Harm In Crash Near Airport”, by Beth Hurd, September 4, 2003, page 3A
Providence Journal, “Pilot Unharmed In North Smithfield Crash”, August 30, 2003
Woonsocket Call, “Pilot Escapes Injury In Plane Crash”, August 30, 2003.