Posted
8/08/2004 01:07:00 PM
by Douglas
So you're thinking about dusting off your pilot's license and getting a little air time this summer. Here's some advice: Maybe you should go back and review some emergency
procedures before you head out.
Two people died when a single-engine plane crashed and burst into flames in a remote area of the Hill Country Saturday evening, a Federal Aviation Administration spokesman said.
The Piper PA-32 crashed at about 6:30 p.m. in western Burnet County, about 15 miles southwest of Lampasas, after dropping off the radar at an FAA facility in Houston, said John Clabes, FAA spokesman for the southwest region.
Any particular reason small planes have been dropping from the sky like a Texas hail storm?
Including the two deaths Saturday, a total of 15 people have died the past week in five small-plane crashes in Texas. Another five Texans were killed when their single-engine plane crashed Monday in Missouri.
Looks like I might need a stronger umbrella.