In Memorium

A plane crash the early morning hours of Sun day, November 18, 1973, took the lives of three undergraduates: Edwin Estepa '77, James M. Dougherty '74, and Charles Alpert '77. The plane, piloted by Estepa and owned by the Dart mouth Flying Club, hit the side of 3,800-foot Equinox Mountain, near Manchester, Vermont.

The trip had taken off at 3 a.m. from Lebanon Regional Airport in a Piper Cherokee 140 with a destination, according to their flight plan, of Schenectady, N.Y. Less than an hour later, their plane crashed high on the mountainside.

Estepa was an experienced pilot and was legal ly qualified for night flying. Before taking off, he and his two companions had given the plane a thorough check-out and had discussed the flight with FAA authorities at the airport.

	Charles Alpert A plane crash the early morning hours of Sun day, November 18, 1973, took the lives of three undergraduates: Edwin Estepa '77, James M. Dougherty '74, and Charles Alpert '77. The plane, piloted by Estepa and owned by the Dart mouth Flying Club, hit the side of 3,800-foot Equinox Mountain, near Manchester, Vermont. The trip had taken off at 3 a.m. from Lebanon Regional Airport in a Piper Cherokee 140 with a destination, according to their flight plan, of Schenectady, N.Y. Less than an hour later, their plane crashed high on the mountainside. Estepa was an experienced pilot and was legal ly qualified for night flying. Before taking off, he and his two companions had given the plane a thorough check-out and had discussed the flight with FAA authorities at the airport.