Tom Perkins of Noted Kirby Perkins Construction & Wife Agatha Identified as Victims in Plane Crash

Tom Perkins of Noted Kirby Perkins Construction & Wife Agatha Identified as Victims in Plane Crash

The two victims who died in the plane crash on I-195 in Dartmouth, Massachusetts on Monday have been identified as 68-year-old Thomas Perkins and 66-year-old Agatha Perkins, of Middletown, Rhode Island.

The Bristol County District Attorney’s Office said they were the only occupants of the plane, which took off from New Bedford Regional Airport, before it crashed just after 8 AM.

The couple was flying in a Socata TBM 700.

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Thomas Perkins was a partner in the Middletown-based construction firm Kirby Perkins. 

 

About Kirby Perkins

According to the business: 

Jerry Kirby got his start working during summers restoring historic houses in Newport, RI. After graduating from Union College in 1980 he started his own company, Kirby Construction. The company’s first big job was a $38 million project in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, where they restored Captain Samuel Sears’ historic waterfront home and built 68 custom residences. When that project was complete Jerry moved to California to build the 12-meter sailboat “Eagle” for the 1987 America’s Cup. After competing in the America’s Cup Jerry returned to Newport bringing the experience of competing in the America’s Cup and the discipline of boat building back to Kirby Construction. 

In 1987 Jerry’s brother-in-law, Tom Perkins, joined the firm as a foreman and estimator. Tom moved to Newport from Vail, Colorado, where he was working in the construction industry. In 1997 Tom became a partner and Kirby Perkins Construction was born.

From the Gilded Age Mansions of Newport to the Historic Plantations of Virginia, Kirby Perkins Construction is the unparalleled leader in Restoration and Preservation. With unmatched expertise in all phases of restoration, individual home owners and historical societies count on Kirby Perkins Construction to do any historic restoration jobs accurately and authentically. Our work in historic restoration over the last 30 plus years is widely recognized and awarded.

 

This story was first published 10/13/25 4:28 PM