Pilot dies in Texas plane crash : Cessna 421

Pilot dies in Texas plane crash, alone on board WELLS, Texas (AP) - Officials say the pilot of a twin-engine plane died in a fiery East Texas crash during a flight from Houston to Oklahoma. Department of Public Safety Trooper David Hendry said Tuesday the pilot, whose name wasn't immediately released, was alone on board. The Federal Aviation Administration says searchers found the Cessna 421 wreckage Monday night in a field near Wells, about 140 miles northeast of Houston. The plane was en route from West Houston Airport to Tulsa Riverside Airport when contact was lost around 9:30 p.m. Monday amid possible bad weather. A National Transportation Safety Board spokesman says their investigators arrived Tuesday. Authorities confirm Traer man killed in small plane crash Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier 11 a.m. - TRAER, Iowa --- A plane crash that killed a Traer pilot and injured his passenger occurred when the craft struck utility line, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The official cause of the accident, which happened on the edge of ... See all stories on this topic »

Plane crashes near Blair auto dealership Lincoln Journal Star A Washington County emergency dispatcher confirmed that the plane went down at about 5:30 p.m. Thursday near U.S. 30 and Nebraska 133, on the city's southern edge. Witnesses say the plane crashed into a hill known as "Truck Mountain," where a local ... See all stories on this topic »

French court overturns Continental Airlines' conviction in crash of supersonic ... Washington Post Parties including Air France and Continental compensated the families of most victims years ago, so financial claims were not the trial's focus — the main goal was to assign responsibility. In France, unlike in many other countries, plane crashes ... See all stories on this topic »

Experimental aircraft buffs shocked at Ore. crash; popular plane described as ... The Republic PORTLAND, Oregon — The crash of a two-seater experimental airplane this week in the Willamette Valley has shocked people who build their own aircraft from kits or plans. They consider the planedesigned by an Aurora company, Van's Aircraft, one of the ... See all stories on this topic »

'Flight' crash lands & 'Red Dawn' not worth its $1M makeover Clarksdale Press Register “Flight”: Commercial pilot Whip Whitaker (Denzel Washington) pulls off a major miracle by crash-landing a badly damaged jetliner and saving the majority of its passengers. The following investigation reveals Whitaker was legally drunk at the time of ... See all stories on this topic »

New plane travel policy proposed at Oklahoma State SI.com The crash that killed Budke, assistant coach Miranda Serna, pilot Olin Branstetter and his wife, Paula Branstetter, was the second plane crash tragedy to affect Oklahoma State in 11 years. More College Basketball. Latest College Basketball News. Seth ... See all stories on this topic »

Today in Dallas photo history – 1949: 28 die in plane crash at Dallas Love Field Dallas Morning News (blog) This picture of the American Airlines plane crash Wednesday shows the path of the big DC-6 as it fell in the northwest end of Love Field, killing twenty-eight persons. Photo by Squire Haskins. From The Dallas Morning News, November 30, 1949. WORST ... See all stories on this topic »

UMaine holds service for 3 killed in plane crash Boston.com More than 500 people gathered for a memorial service at the University of Maine Tuesday night to honor three fraternity brothers killed in a plane crash. Members of the university's Greek community, students, faculty, and staff packed an auditorium to ... See all stories on this topic »

1 dead in plane crash near Yuma TriValley Central YUMA — The Yuma County sheriff's office says one person has been found dead after a small civilian plane crashed on a military bombing range in southwestern Arizona. The single-engine plane was found by U.S. Border Patrol agents Wednesday morning ... See all stories on this topic »