Cessna 150 N60936

   At 5 p.m. on June 30, 1979, John Potter and an unidentified friend headed toward a rental Cessna 150 on the airfield at St. Croix, US Virgin Islands, with the reg. N60936 on the tail. The purpose of their flight was only a short trip to St. Thomas. They were beginning a 3 day vacation. The weather was clear, with some gusting winds.

          At exactly 5:11 p.m. the Cessna was airborne, and at 5:17 Potter
           contacted St. Croix Tower requesting a frequency change, which the
             tower acknowledge. The request was routine enough.

                     However, in what appears to be another lightning-like
                     loss, Potter never  activated his flight plan nor made the
                     expected contact. The Cessna never arrived at St. Thomas.

                   Knowledge about the loss came from the plane’s owner,
                 Paul Wikander. On July 2, he called the Coast Guard and
               said the plane failed to return. An intense search failed to
                   find a trace.