Hello To All....

[shortcut66]

Hello everyone. I was recommended to this forum because of a crash site that I recently stumbled upon while hunting on Sherman Mountain in Perry County Pennsylvania which is close to Newburg, Pa. I have taken pictures of the debris that I have found and a friend of mine who owns his own plane and is very well versed in small airplanes has come to the conclusion that the debris belongs to a Taylorcraft. We are not exacly sure which model though, 12, 15 or a 20. We ahve gathered some information from a book titled "The Taylorcraft Story". They have two photos in this book titled "Model 20 crash in Pennsylvania" but it doesn't tell where at in Pa.
Does anyone know of a Taylorcraft 20 plane crash on Sherman Mountain around the 1957 time era? I have plenty of pictures of the debris. My e-mail is [email protected] if anyone has any information, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks. ~Chad Craig~

[Marv]

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Hello everyone. I was recommended to this forum because of a crash site that I recently stumbled upon while hunting on Sherman Mountain in Perry County Pennsylvania which is close to Newburg, Pa. I have taken pictures of the debris that I have found and a friend of mine who owns his own plane and is very well versed in small airplanes has come to the conclusion that the debris belongs to a Taylorcraft. We are not exacly sure which model though, 12, 15 or a 20. We ahve gathered some information from a book titled "The Taylorcraft Story". They have two photos in this book titled "Model 20 crash in Pennsylvania" but it doesn't tell where at in Pa.
Does anyone know of a Taylorcraft 20 plane crash on Sherman Mountain around the 1957 time era? I have plenty of pictures of the debris. My e-mail is [email protected] if anyone has any information, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks. ~Chad Craig~

How about posting some photos? Marv

[shortcut66]

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These are a few pictures of the debris....

[Jim Herpst]

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That sure looks like Taylorcraft (particularly the tail post section ) I thought I read about a model 15 or 20 crashing in that area in the late 50s) Not sure if it was just in the Taylorcraft story or what...it would be neat to connect the dots and put the remains with the picture from the 50s in some museum I suppose.... Thanks for the post. Bruce Bixler... Forrest Chet ? What say you as to the mans questions and what they "bagged" on their hunt?

[Forrest Barber]

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Appears at first glance to be the 20 that went in back then and they used for publicity at that time of the crashworthiness of the ship. I WILL check more tomorrow , I am e-maing direct right now. neat stuff. yes it has to be a Taylorcraft 15A or Taylorcraft Model 20 ( I think!)