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| Date: | Sunday 14 April 1957 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  ERCO Ercoupe 415 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N.... |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Marathon, FL -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Marathon, FL | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Hit powerline April 15 1957 and crashed near Marathon, FL. Thurman M. Riley was one of the two fatalities
When Thurman M Riley was born on 17 January 1921, in Ohio, United States, his father, Jesse James Riley, was 28 and his mother, Minnie V Blazer, was 28. He lived in Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States for about 5 years and Madison Township, Montgomery, Ohio, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1942. He died on 14 April 1957, in Monroe, Florida, United States, at the age of 36, and was buried in Fayette, Ohio, United States.
Marathon is a city spread over Knight's Key, Boot Key, Key Vaca, Fat Deer Key, Long Point Key, Crawl Key and Grassy Key islands in the middle of the Florida Keys, in Monroe County, Florida, United States
Sources:
1. St. Petersburg Times 15 April 1957, p4: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/319219283/
2. https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LRN2-8XK/thurman-m-riley-1921-1957
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marathon,_Florida
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Apr-2022 08:19 | TB | Added |
| 02-Oct-2022 17:23 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative, Category, ] |
| 20-Nov-2024 19:42 | Cobar | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Nature, Destination airport, ] |
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