from author and historian Jim Ignasher
Mansfield, Massachusetts – November 25, 1934
Not much info on this accident. On November 25, 1935, a 36-year-old pilot and his 22-year-old passenger were killed when their small airplane suddenly lost a wing while the plane was at an altitude of 1,000 feet. The reason was not stated in the press.
The plane crashed into a thickly wooded area.
Source: Evening Bulletin, (R.I.), “Man And Girl Killed In Plane Crash”, (With photo.) November 26, 1934, page 2.
Mansfield, Massachusetts – January 22, 1970
On the afternoon of January 23, 1970, three men took off from Mansfield Airport in an Apache Piper 160 airplane. Just after becoming airborne it was noted that the engines weren’t developing full power so the pilot turned the plane to return to the airport. As he was trying to land the plane lost power and crashed in a swampy field short of the runway. The left wing struck the ground first causing the plane to flip over. All three occupants escaped through an emergency hatch suffering non-life-threatening injuries.
Source:
The Attleboro Sun, “Three Men Escape Death In Crash Of Light Plane In Mansfield Swamp”, January 23, 1970.
Mansfield, Massachusetts – June 22, 1948
On the evening of June 22, 1948, a 24-year-old pilot was flying a small trainer aircraft over the Mansfield area. Some said he was stunting with the aircraft, and buzzing his home on School Street; others claimed that the left wing just suddenly fell off the airplane. In either case, a wing tore loose, and the plane crashed in a densely wooded and swampy area west of School St. The pilot suffered a broken arm and other non-life-threatening injuries.
Source:
The Attleboro Sun, “Mansfield Man Escaped Death In Plane Plunge”, June 23, 1948.
Mansfield, Massachusetts – June 26, 1955
On June 26, 1955, a man and woman took off from the Mansfield Airport in a Timm, low-wing, open-cockpit, single-engine monoplane. The pilot was a 41-year-old professional pilot and parachute jumper. His passenger was a 36-year-old woman well known in the community. According to witnesses, the aircraft reached an altitude of about 400 feet when it abruptly dove towards the ground crashing nose first into a wooded area about 150 yards from Hall Street and a short distance from the Boltz Farm at 600 South Main Street. Both occupants perished in the crash.
One witness stated that the plane appeared to be “laboring” leading to speculation that the aircraft may have experienced engine trouble.
Source:
The Attleboro Sun, (Mass.), “Two Killed In Plane Crash At mansfield”, June 27, 1955.
Mansfield. Massachusetts – October 29, 1971
On October 29, 1971, a 44-year-old pilot from Braintree, Mass., was not injured when he crashed his single engine airplane in a field on a farm located 100 yards away from the Mansfield Airport. No further details are known.
Source: The Pawtucket Times, “Plane Crashes; Pilot Walks Away”, October 30, 1971, pg. 8
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