Connecticut River – August 26, 1980
At about 3:00 p.m. on August 26, 1980, a single-engine Beech Mustang with a family of four from Long Island, New York, aboard, took off from Goodspeed Airport in East Haddam. Just after becoming airborne, the aircraft was caught in a down draft and crashed into the Connecticut River. All four occupants escaped without injury before the plane sank, and were rescued by nearby pleasure boaters.
Source:
Westerly Sun, (R.I.), “None Hurt As Plane Ends Up In River”, August 27, 1980, page 2.