Portland, Maine – February 23, 1953

      On the morning of February 23, 1953, a light aircraft with four people aboard was making a landing approach at the Portland municipal Airport when it overshot the runway and went over a fifty foot embankment.  The plane was badly damaged and all four persons aboard received non-life-threatening injuries.  They were transported to Maine General Hospital. 

     The plane was part of a flight of 20 aircraft that had taken off from the Beverly Airport in Massachusetts for a “breakfast flight’ to Portland.   

     Source:

     Evening Bulletin, (RI), “4 Hurt In Plane Crash”, February 23, 1953.