Farrell's crash

Do you remember the 1972 Farrell's crash? What have you heard about that day?
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Ice cream parlor tragedy nears 40th anniversary

Published: Friday, September 21 2012 - 12:00 am

A ceremony marking the 40th anniversary of an airplane crash into a south Sacramento ice cream parlor that killed 22 people is scheduled Sunday.

From the Bee Archives: Old jet plane kills 22 in crash into Crossroads ice cream shop

Ronald Blubach and Jeff Raimundo - Updated: Monday, September 24 2012 - 7:04 am

The joyous celebration of a children's birthday party ended in screams of terror yesterday afternoon when a F86 Sabre jet slammed into Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour Restaurant on Freeport Boulevard, killing 22 persons, including one family of four and nine members of a second family.

Somber event recalls Farrell's jet-crash disaster

‘Where’s Mama?'

Bee staff - Updated: Friday, September 7 2012 - 11:04 pm

“I wonder where Mama is,” said 12-year-old Christi Kiehn last night, waiting near the emergency room of the county hospital where her injuries had been treated.

‘I’m sorry,’ cried pilot after crash

Bee Staff - Updated: Thursday, September 6 2012 - 11:55 pm

“I’m sorry! I’m sorry!” cried Richard Bingham, the 36-year-old pilot whose reconstructed gold, blue and white Korean War F-86 Sabrejet had just plunged into Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlour Restaurant.

Plane tragedies come too often for reporter living near airport

Ronald Blubaugh - Updated: Thursday, September 6 2012 - 11:55 pm

“There goes another siren,” my wife said just as we finished Sunday dinner. “I don’t want to know about it,” I said, only half in jest. “I don’t need to cover another airplane crash.”

Employee recalls disaster

Jeff Raimundo - Updated: Thursday, September 6 2012 - 11:55 pm

Don McClusky’s four-to-midnight shift at Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlour Restaurant lasted only 40 minutes yesterday. It ended amid flames, smoke, flying debris and the cries of injured and dying men, women and children.

Heart-breaking task

Lee Fremsted - Updated: Thursday, September 6 2012 - 11:55 pm

“There are going to be empty desks in school tomorrow . . .”

Tragic decision: Death was waiting at family party

Nancy Skelton - Updated: Thursday, September 6 2012 - 11:56 pm

Warren Krier would have been 32 yesterday – but his family decided to celebrate Sunday. At Farrell’s.

U.S. report lays Farrell’s crash blame to pilot’s training lack

Ted Fourkus - Updated: Thursday, September 6 2012 - 11:56 pm

The probable cause of the fiery crash of a jet fighter into Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlour Restaurant last fall, killing 22 persons, was “inadequate pilot proficiency in the aircraft.”

NTSB report on the 1972 Farrell's disaster

Farrell's disaster claimed 22 lives

Stephen Magagnini - Updated: Thursday, September 6 2012 - 11:57 pm

On a lovely Sunday afternoon in September 1972, a bunch of kids from the Sacramento 49ers youth football team were celebrating a dad's birthday party at Farrell's Ice Cream Parlor on Freeport Boulevard when their world came to an end.

From the Bee Archives: After 30 years, a Farrell's healing

By Tony Bizjak - Updated: Monday, September 24 2012 - 7:04 am

Observers at the annual Executive Airport air show that day in 1972 said they knew the old war jet on runway 12-30 wasn't going to make it.

Somber event recalls Farrell's jet-crash disaster

Do you remember the Farrell's crash of 1972?

Updated: Tuesday, September 11 2012 - 6:41 pm

On Sept. 24, 1972, an old war jet crashed into Farrell's Ice Cream Parlor in Sacramento, killing 22 people. Were you in Sacramento on that day? What do you remember? What stories have you been told about that day? Read the stories and share yours here.

On Sept. 24, 1972, an old war jet failed on takeoff from Sacramento's Executive Airport during an air show. It crashed into Farrell's Ice Cream Parlor on Freeport Boulevard, killing 22 people. Here are the stories as they were published in The Sacramento Bee the following day, plus related follow-up articles.

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