Posted on 10/13/2025 7:32:05 AM PDT by Red Badger
A small airplane crashed on I-195 in Dartmouth Monday morning, closing part of the highway, according to Massachusetts State Police.
Officials did not immediately release any information on the identity of pilot, or say whether there were other passengers on board or if anyone was injured.
State police said it received a report that an airplane crashed on the highway median at about 8:15 a.m. Police said the crash caused a fire.
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation posted on social media at 9 a.m. that I-195 is closed in both directions at exit 22 due to the crash.
Officials said preliminary information suggests that the plane may have been attempting to land at New Bedford Regional Airport, but the pilot seemingly did not give the airport a flight plan.
Police did not indicate what may have caused the crash. The incident came as a strong storm brought high winds and rain to Massachusetts on Monday.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
There are approximately 35 small airplane crashes per week in the US (35 crashes * 52 weeks = 1,820 crashes per year), based on averaging the reported 1,006 single-engine plane accidents from 2024 with the general statistic of five accidents per day. It’s important to note that this is an approximation, as specific data can fluctuate annually.
Those things make nervous when they fly over my home.
You should be more nervous when in traffic.
Once they are over your home you are completely safe. It is their approach to your home that should make you nervous.
I ONLY WENT TO A ONE ROOM GRADE SCHOOL-—
HOWEVER, I CERTAINLY KNOW WHAT CAUSED THE CRASH:
GRAVITY
We all fight gravity until we lose.................
Any place near me does I know a few people who fly them.
No you can’t see above unless you have a sun roof or a convertible.
those things are crashing all the time.
Point is, you're more likely (by a lot) to have one of those cars around you take you out.
Sorta crappy weather today for flying light aircraft.
Sometimes it seems we do know more than we need. ;-D
Boston Herald says it was a Socata TBM 900, a multi-million dollar, 250-knot single engine turboprop.
So it’s a ‘complex’ a/c, which means you can’t act as PIC until a Certificated Flight Instructor evaluates you, both on knowledge and flying skills. If you make him comfortable putting his name on the blame line, he’ll make an endorsement in your log book (known as a ‘sign-off’).
Which means there a CFI who acts as gatekeeper to keep just any unskilled yaywho from flying one of these.
Safer to know about most things than not
But they don’t burn down houses and trees
OK, dude, you keep watching the skies while driving.
Don't let any planes sneak up on you.
They don’t sneak up on you they drop in on you fire ensues hope somebody gets it out before your burnt to a crisp.
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