Experimental Airplane Crash

[Dean]

The news is reporting the crash of an experimental airplane 3nm west of PLK in Branson, MO. Witness said he saw something fall off the plane and it went straight down. The airplane had only the pilot onboard and he did not survive. Thats all I know for now. Its closer to Diana than me, so maybe she will know more.

 

[ScottM]

Excerpts from the AP

The single-engine airplane was registered to a man in Pasco, Fla., according to the FAA's Web site. It was not immediately known if the owner was flying the plane, .....

City spokesman Jerry Adams said police and fire crews, along with emergency workers from Taney and Stone counties, responded after reports of a crash near the Treasure Lake Resort, west of Branson......


Witnesses said the plane appeared to nose-dive into the ground,

http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/local/15584066.htm