Dayton, OH
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Fri, 08/01/2014The FAA has been called to Logan County to investigate the crash of an Ultralight plane that killed a man Saturday.
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Spokane, WA
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Sun, 07/27/2014A small, home-built airplane has crashed in the Clearwater National Forest near the Idaho-Montana border, killing the pilot. The Clearwater County sheriff’s office said a crew with Two Bear Air Helicopter of Whitefish, Montana, spotted the wreckage Monday west of Lolo Pass.
Atlanta, GA
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Fri, 07/25/2014The Rabun County coroner has identified the pilot killed when his small plane crashed in northeast Georgia over the weekend. The director of Rabun County's Emergency Management Agency, Mike Mazarky, said the plane crashed Saturday morning after taking off from a private airport west of Clayton.
Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL
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Sat, 07/26/2014A small plane crash-landed on a remote Florida Gulf Coast beach, killing a Georgia man and critically injuring his 9-year-old daughter as they walked along the shore.
Mobile, AL-Pensacola, FL
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Tue, 07/22/2014The bodies of two people, including a teenager, were found Wednesday in plane wreckage in a swamp here.
The victims have been identified as Dean Legidakes, 67, and Marli McManus, 15.
Phoenix, AZ
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Sat, 07/19/2014Investigators are trying to figure out what caused a small plane to crash in Mohave County, killing two brothers on board.
Burlington, VT-Plattsburgh, NY
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Fri, 07/18/2014Authorities 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.
Albuquerque-Santa Fe, NM
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Wed, 07/16/2014Three people were killed in a helicopter crash early Thursday morning in Guadalupe County between Santa Rosa and Tucumcari.
The helicopter went down in the eastern portion of the county around 2:30 a.m. The crash scene is north of Newkirk, which is east of Santa Rosa.
Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News, VA
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Sat, 07/05/2014Middlesex Co. Sheriff’s Office received reports of a single plane crash at 4:53 p.m. on Sunday, July 6.
A single engine 1968 Cessna 150 crashed on Lockley’s Creek Rd.
The pilot, who has now been identified as 58-year-old Stephen L. Myers, died from the crash.
Green Bay-Appleton, WI
Accident Date:
Tue, 07/01/2014The name of the man killed in a plane crash near Omro has been released.
The Winnebago County Sheriff's office says 57-year old James Sakowski from Oshkosh died when his ultra-light plane crashed in a field around 7:15pm Wednesday night..