Pictures of rocky marciano plane crash

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        2. On August 31, , a Cessna crashed in Newton, Iowa, killing former world heavyweight champion boxer Rocky Marciano and two others.
        3. Marciano's body was found underneath the mangled fuselage, a piece of debris having pierced his skull.
        4. Former undefeated world heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano was killed in a plane crash with two companions about 30 miles east of Des Moines, Iowa.
        5. The wingless wreckage of the light plane in which former heavyweight boxer Rocky Marciano and two other men were killed in a plane accident.

          6. Marciano's body was found underneath the mangled fuselage, a piece of debris having pierced his skull....

          1969 Newton Cessna 172 crash

          Aviation accident which killed boxer Rocky Marciano

          On August 31, 1969, a Cessna 172 crashed in Newton, Iowa, killing former world heavyweight champion boxer Rocky Marciano and two others.[1]

          The flight

          On Sunday, August 31, 1969 at 8:05 pm CDT, the Cessna 172 with registration number N3149X crashed in a pasture near Newton, Iowa,[1][2] approximately thirty miles (50 km) east of Des Moines.

          It had departed from ChicagoMidway Airport at 6 pm (1800 hrs) and was en route to Des Moines, where Marciano was to celebrate his 46th birthday at a party the next day.[2][3][4] This was to be a surprise party for him; he was to give a speech in support of his friend, Louis Fratto's son.[3] Marciano intended to later fly to Florida to celebrate his birthday at home with his family.[3]

          Accident

          A storm system was building in the Des Moines region at the time of the accide