Nashua, N. H. – January 11, 1949

January 24, 2021

Nashua, New Hampshire – January 11, 1949

     On the afternoon of January 11, 1949, two young men rented a yellow Piper Cub, (NC 88059), at the Nashua Airport and took off towards the nearby town of Milford.  About ten minutes later the aircraft was seen heading back towards the airport when it went into a steep turn and then crashed in a thickly wooded section about a mile northwest of the Cadorette Farm on Milford, Road.  Both men were killed instantly.  

     Although the aircraft had been demolished, there was no fire afterward,  A search for the missing plane was instituted, during which one of the volunteers, a 54-year-old man from Milford, suffered a heart attack and passed away. 

     Source:

     The Nashua Telegraph, “Nashuans Die In Plane crash; Searcher dead”, January 11, 1949, page 1. (With two photos of aircraft)

 

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Nashua, N. H. – June 5, 1936

January 16, 2021

Nashua, New Hampshire – June 5, 1936

     On the early morning of June 5, 1936, a 24-year-old pilot took off from Nashua Airport in a two-cockpit Command-Aire bi-plane for a solo flight.  He later returned to the airport shortly before 7 a.m. and attempted to land.  According to a witness, the aircraft appeared to overshoot the landing field and the pilot gunned the engine in an attempt to go around for another try.  As he did so the engine stalled, and the aircraft nosed over and crashed, and came to rest on its back pinning the pilot inside. 

     Two men who witnessed the accident rushed to the scene and after shutting off the ignition, pulled the pilot from the wreckage.  The pilot was transported to Memorial Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries on June 8. 

     The pilot was a student pilot who was attempting to log enough solo hours to get his license.  

     This accident was reported to be “the first serious crash” at the Nashua Airport since establishment of the field.  

     Source: The Nashua Telegraph, “Nashua Aviator Near Death In Airport Crackup”, June 5, 1936, page 1.  

 

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Nashua, N.H. – September 5, 1938

January 12, 2021

Nashua, New Hampshire – September 5, 1938 

     On the evening of September 5, 1938, a private airplane pilot took off from Nashua in a “single-seat open cockpit Royal sport bi-plane”.  The pilot had made several trips during the day in the same airplane without any problems.  After being airborne for about ten minutes the pilot turned back towards the airfield.  When he got within a mile of the field his plane was seen to go into a spin.  The pilot managed to pull the plane out of the spin, but was now at tree-top level.  The aircraft skimmed the tops of some trees before it crashed in the McDonald Brothers Lumber Yard.  By pure chance, the plane hit between two stacked piles of lumber which tore the wings away but reduced the effects of the impact, and allowed the fuselage to skid to a stop.  The pilot had cut the ignition prior to impact and there was no fire.  The pilot was seriously injured but was expected to recover. 

     Source: The Nashua Telegraph, “Rapsis Is recovering From Airplane Crash”, September 6, 1938, page 1. 

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