from author and historian Jim Ignasher
Norwood, Massachusetts – August 15, 1954
On August 15, 1954, an instructor and student pilot were taking off from the Norwood Airport. When the plane reached an altitude of about 100 feet it suddenly fell to the ground. The student pilot was at the controls at the time of the accident. Both men were seriously injured and admitted to a local hospital.
Source:
Evening Bulletin, (RI), “2 Hurt In Plane Crash”, August 16, 1954, pg. 33.
Norwood, Massachusetts – November 9, 1950
A 7 p.m. on the night of November 9, 1950, a flight instructor attached to the Norwood Airport took off in a light airplane with two passengers aboard. When the plane failed to return a search was instituted. The following morning the wreckage was spotted from the air. The plane had crashed in thick swampland not far from the airport. All aboard had perished in the crash.
Source:
Evening Bulletin, (RI), “Three Killed In Plane Crash”, November 10, 1950, pg. 25.
Norwood, Massachusetts – July 10, 1935
On July 10, 1935, two men were flying in a small aircraft at an altitude of 1,500 feet about a mile from the Norwood Airport when the engine lost power. The pilot attempted an emergency landing in a small field but was unsuccessful. The plane crashed and both men were seriously injured and transported to a hospital for treatment. The type of aircraft is unknown.
Source: The Evening Bulletin, (R.I.), “Bay State Plane Crash Injures 2”, July 10, 1935, pg. 30
Norwood, Massachusetts – April 4, 1941
On April 4, 1941, two men from Roxbury, Mass., were critically injured when their aircraft crashed on takeoff from the Norwood Airport. It came down in a wooded area at the end of the runway, and although severely damaged, there was no fire. A strong wind gust striking the aircraft was said to be the cause.
Source:
The Waterbury Democrat, (Ct.), “Doctor Is Badly Hurt In Crash”, April 5, 1941
Norwood, Massachusetts – July 4, 1974
On July 4, 1974, a husband and wife, along with their four young children, took off from Norwood Airport bound for Martha’s Vineyard in a Republic Seabee aircraft. Just after becoming airborne the oil line burst causing the engine to stop. The plane came down in a wooded-swampy area about 300 yards off the end of the runway. Remarkably, there were no serious injuries, and the plane didn’t catch fire. The family was transported to Norwood Hospital for first-aid treatment. Afterwards, the family returned to the airport and left for Martha’s Vineyard in another plane.
Source:
Boston Herald American, “Walpole Pilot, Family Prove Plane Stubborn”, July 5, 1974, page 4.
Norwood, Massachusetts – October 25, 1970
On the afternoon of October 25, 1970, a pilot-instructor and his student were practicing take offs and landings at Norwood Airport in a Piper Cherokee aircraft. At one point, as the pilot was preparing to make a landing approach to the airport, the engine suddenly stopped and could not be restarted. The aircraft was over the center of town at the time, and the pilot wasn’t sure if he had enough altitude to make the air field, so he turned the plane around and away from the densely populated town center, and aimed towards Norwood High School hoping to land on the football field. However, as he approached the school he saw that a football game was in progress, and instead aimed for the streets of a nearby housing development hoping to land there. The aircraft came down on Dorset Street, and would have made a perfect landing except that the wing struck a telephone pole and some wires which flipped it on its roof. Both pilot and student scrambled out and were not injured. There was no fire.
Source:
Providence Journal, “R. I. Pilot Lands On Mass. Street”, October 26, 1970
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