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Ridgefield, CT – June 10, 1973

July 18, 2017

Ridgefield, Connecticut – June 10, 1973

At approximately 1:30 a.m. on June 10, 1973, a Piper Cherokee 140 aircraft with four people aboard left Danbury Airport bound for MacArthur Field in Islip, New York. Shortly after takeoff the plane crashed in a thickly wooded area of the Pine Mountain section of Ridgefield. The plane was heavily damaged, but there was no fire. (Ridgefield is a town that borders Danbury to the south.)

The four occupants of the plane, all from Long Island, New York, survived the crash and spent the night with the aircraft, and at first light began hiking back to the airport.

Source:

Providence Journal, “Plane Crashes In Connecticut After Takeoff”, June 11, 1973, page 21.

Ridgefield, CT – June 11, 1983

August 13, 2015

Ridgefield, Connecticut – June 11, 1983

Shortly before 2:00 p.m. on June 11, 1983, a Beechcraft Bonanza, took off from Danbury, Connecticut. There were four people aboard, three men and one woman. Roughly ten minutes after leaving Danbury, the aircraft crashed in a wooded area off Mopus Bridge Road in the town of Ridgefield, less than 200 yards from the New York Border.

The occupants of the plane were found in the badly burned wreckage. Positive identification was to be made by the Medical Examiner’s Office.

Source: New York Times, “Four Die As Small Plane Crashes Minutes After Leaving Danbury”, June 12, 1983