Windham, New Hampshire – September 5, 1980

     Just after 11:00 a.m. on the morning of September 5, 1980, a single-engine Stinson Voyager with four people aboard was taking off from a private airfield in Windham.  Just after becoming airborne the aircraft failed to clear a patch of trees at the end of the field.  The impact caused the plane to crash nose-down into the trees tearing off a wing and a door before catching fire.  Fortunately all aboard escaped with non-life-threatening injuries.  The plane was destroyed by the fire. 

     Source:

     Derry News, “Plane Crashes; Pilot, Passengers All Right”, September 11, 1980.