RONALD LEE DAMBACHER ,45, or rural New Canton and his two sons, Gregory Wayne, 19, and Randy Allen, 13, were killed in the crash of a Cessna 172 airplane Saturday afternoon, April 11, 1981 near Atlas. Funeral services for them are being held at 11 a.m. today, Wednesday in Lummis Funeral Home, Pittsfield, with the Rev Kay Harm officiating. Burial will be in Shearer cemetery near New Canton. Ronald Lee Dambacher, son of Howard and Erma Koger Dambacher, was born Dec. 13, 1935 at Independence, Kans. He married Donna Pauline Corle Aug. 7, 1955 at Independence Kans. and she survives. He is also survived by his mother of Tina, Mo.; two brothers, William of Gran Pass, Mo. and Harold Dean of Tina, Mo., and two sisters, Mrs Ed (Marie) Corle of Henrietta, Mo. and Mrs James (Wanda) Biggs of Perry, Kans. Mr Dambacher was a self employed farmer. He was a peace time Army veteran, 1959-1960.
Transcribed by Virginia Gorton Bonne from the Virginia Hart Collection
Mobile Register - Monday, April 13, 1981 Pg 22
A power line apparently sheared off part of the right wing of a small aircraft, sending it crashing to the ground with a man and his two sons aboard, officials say. All three were killed. The victims of the crash Saturday afternoon were identified as the airplane's owner, Ronald L. Dambacher 46, of New Canton, and his sons Greg, 21, and Randy, 13. Authorities said Dambacher was at the controls of the Cessna 172 flying north along the Illinois side of the Mississippi River when the power line apparently caught a wing. They said the plane went out of control and nosedived into a field.
Transcribed by Virginia Gorton Bonne from the Virginia Hart Collection
Mobile Register - Monday, April 13, 1981 Pg 22
A power line apparently sheared off part of the right wing of a small aircraft, sending it crashing to the ground with a man and his two sons aboard, officials say. All three were killed. The victims of the crash Saturday afternoon were identified as the airplane's owner, Ronald L. Dambacher 46, of New Canton, and his sons Greg, 21, and Randy, 13. Authorities said Dambacher was at the controls of the Cessna 172 flying north along the Illinois side of the Mississippi River when the power line apparently caught a wing. They said the plane went out of control and nosedived into a field.
RONALD LEE DAMBACHER ,45, or rural New Canton and his two sons, Gregory Wayne, 19, and Randy Allen, 13, were killed in the crash of a Cessna 172 airplane Saturday afternoon, April 11, 1981 near Atlas. Funeral services for them are being held at 11 a.m. today, Wednesday in Lummis Funeral Home, Pittsfield, with the Rev Kay Harm officiating. Burial will be in Shearer cemetery near New Canton. Ronald Lee Dambacher, son of Howard and Erma Koger Dambacher, was born Dec. 13, 1935 at Independence, Kans. He married Donna Pauline Corle Aug. 7, 1955 at Independence Kans. and she survives. He is also survived by his mother of Tina, Mo.; two brothers, William of Gran Pass, Mo. and Harold Dean of Tina, Mo., and two sisters, Mrs Ed (Marie) Corle of Henrietta, Mo. and Mrs James (Wanda) Biggs of Perry, Kans. Mr Dambacher was a self employed farmer. He was a peace time Army veteran, 1959-1960.
Transcribed by Virginia Gorton Bonne from the Virginia Hart Collection
Mobile Register - Monday, April 13, 1981 Pg 22
A power line apparently sheared off part of the right wing of a small aircraft, sending it crashing to the ground with a man and his two sons aboard, officials say. All three were killed. The victims of the crash Saturday afternoon were identified as the airplane's owner, Ronald L. Dambacher 46, of New Canton, and his sons Greg, 21, and Randy, 13. Authorities said Dambacher was at the controls of the Cessna 172 flying north along the Illinois side of the Mississippi River when the power line apparently caught a wing. They said the plane went out of control and nosedived into a field.
Transcribed by Virginia Gorton Bonne from the Virginia Hart Collection
Mobile Register - Monday, April 13, 1981 Pg 22
A power line apparently sheared off part of the right wing of a small aircraft, sending it crashing to the ground with a man and his two sons aboard, officials say. All three were killed. The victims of the crash Saturday afternoon were identified as the airplane's owner, Ronald L. Dambacher 46, of New Canton, and his sons Greg, 21, and Randy, 13. Authorities said Dambacher was at the controls of the Cessna 172 flying north along the Illinois side of the Mississippi River when the power line apparently caught a wing. They said the plane went out of control and nosedived into a field.
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