Plane Crash In Shelby County
News42 WIAT
Saturday, September 23, 2006
It happened in a blink of the eye. A small four-seat plane nose-dived to the ground, just seconds after taking off.
The accident happened just before 1:00pm on Saturday.
The pilot of the Beechcraft Bonanza was giving rides to the public when tragedy struck.
The victims were a father and his 11-year old son from Brent, and a 62-year old pilot out of Indian Springs.
Witnesses at the scene reported hearing the engine stop. "It sounded like the engine backfired, quit and made a sharp left turn, trying to comeback to the runway, it stalled and went down at the end of the runway," said James Hulgan.
"I turned around, heard the plane engine shutdown, when I looked at it, the landing gear was up and it just disappeared," said witness Rusty Moore.
The airshow was delayed thirty minutes. It got underway at 2:00pm, and will continue on Sunday.
Meanwhile, the National Transportation Safety Board and the FAA are investigating the cause of the crash.
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1 comment:
Thats just awlful. Horrible waste. Those poor people.
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