Fred Kafka, 63, Kathleen Kafka, 24, and Reed Phillips, 25, killed in plane crash near North Elba, New York
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Police said the plane made an initial pass to land at the airport but pulled up when another plane came in from the opposite direction.The plane then leveled off and started circling when it suddenly took a sharp dip and went into a downward spiral.
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State police tell local media that 63-year-old Fred Kafka of Vienna, W.Va., was piloting the Mooney M20 when it crashed Saturday morning after attempting to land at the Lake Placid Municipal Airport in the town of North Elba.
Police Identify Victims From Adirondacks Plane Crash
Police say Fred Kafka was thwarted from landing by a plane approaching from the opposite direction. While making another approach, his planed stalled and crashed into a field.
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Authorities have identified the three victims in a single-engine plane crash in the Adirondacks as a West Virginia man, his 24-year-old daughter and a 25-year-old Michigan man.
State police tell local media that 63-year-old Fred Kafka of Vienna, West Virginia was piloting the Mooney M20 when it crashed Saturday morning after attempting to land at the Lake Placid Municipal Airport in the town of North Elba.
Also killed were his daughter, Kathleen Kafka of Rock Springs, Wyoming, and Reed Phillips of Midland, Michigan. Both were graduate students at Clarkson University in northern New York.
Police say Fred Kafka was thwarted from landing by a plane approaching from the opposite direction. While making another approach, his planed stalled and crashed into a field.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
Type: Aircraft Accident
People Involved:
Fred Kafka
Kathleen Kafka
Reed Phillips
City:
North Elba, NYCounty:
Essex County, NY
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