
What: Piper PA-28-180 Cherokee C en route from Waterbury-Oxford to Simsbury
Where: Onion Mountain, near Simsbury, CT
When: Nov 19, 2012 10:20 p.m.
Who: 2 fatalities
Why: Donald Derocher, 73, and Josephine Derocher, 74, were en route to visit family in Connecticut when their plane dropped from radar into an area of difficult access.
The plane struck the Onion Mountain, and was located crashed in the Simsbury-owned Onion Mountain Park. Rescuers used chain saws to clear a path to the wreckage,
The record of takeoff from Waterbury-Oxford airport were denied by the airport manager. The NTSB is investigating
IDENTIFICATION
Regis#: 8826J
Make/Model: PA28 D
Description: PA-28 CHEROKEE, ARROW, WARRIOR, ACHER
Date: 11/19/2012 Time: 2334
Event Type: Accident Highest Injury: Fatal Mid Air: N Missing: N
Damage: Unknown
LOCATION City: CANTON State: CT Country: US
DESCRIPTION AIRCRAFT CRASHED UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES, THE 2 PERSONS ON BOARD WERE
FATALLY INJURED, 10 MILES FROM CANTON, CT
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