Pilot Ray Allen Irwin, 62, dead in small plane crash at Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge Airport in Sevierville, Tennessee
Witness: ‘Pop’ heard before fatal Sevier plane crash
The single-engine Bonanza plane crashed "just adjacent" to the runway around 11:45 a.m., airport manager Emily Haun said. A fire broke out but was extinguished.
The plane was locally owned, but the pilot, a frequent patron of the airport, was not the owner, Haun said. His name wasn't immediately available.
Officials identify pilot who died in plane crash
A statement from the City of Sevierville says 62-year-old Ray Allen Irwin of Kodak died in the crash Thursday at the Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge Airport in Sevierville. No one else was hurt.
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