Linden – Boston

On December 15, 1958 at 09:30 AM, Linden – Boston experienced a crash involving Lockheed L-1856 LearStar, operated by Johnson %26 Johnson, with the event recorded near Woonsocket Rhode Island.

The flight was categorized as executive/corporate/business and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

7 people were known to be on board, 7 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 5, passenger fatalities: 5, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. En route to Boston, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with icing. Both carburetors suffered icing in flight and both engines failed. The airplane went out of control, dove into the ground and crashed in a field located five miles southwest of Woonsocket. The airplane was destroyed upon impact and all seven occupants were killed. Crew: Alexander Sable, pilot, Edward Luidcinaitis, copilot. Passengers: Nelson A. Bergstend, Ferdinand Liot, Stephen Baksal, Raymond Buese, Jesse Hackney.

Aircraft reference details include registration N37500, MSN 2251, year of manufacture 1942.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 42.0029°, -71.5148°.