ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 223195
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| Date: | Sunday 19 December 1976 |
| Time: | 17:05 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-140 |
| Owner/operator: | HARFORD COUNTY INVESTORS CORP |
| Registration: | N6276J |
| MSN: | 28-765238 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Baltimore,Md -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed into the Baltimore Memorial Stadium 10 minutes after a Steelers and Colts game.Tried to land on the pitch but stalled and ended up on the stands.
The pilot,Donald N Kroner,had been arrested the prior week on a warrant for reckless flying, littering, and making a bomb threat against Bill Pellington, a former linebacker for the Colts, at his restaurant. Rolls of toilet paper and a bottle were dropped on Pellington's restaurant the week before, Kroner was later released on $2,100 bail,he had also been grounded for psychiatric reasons.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://ghostsofbaltimore.org/2013/11/11/plane-crashes-into-memorial-stadium/
Netherlands National archive: press photo of the crash scene: http://proxy.handle.net/10648/b5a964e4-fd6e-a6c1-ecac-49353379a8b4
Media:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Mar-2019 18:53 | Cobar | Added |
| 18-Mar-2019 18:59 | Cobar | Updated [Narrative] |
| 09-Aug-2021 19:59 | Hoekb03 | Updated [Source] |
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