Crash in Arizona
Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2004 1:07 amPEORIA, Ariz. (AP) - A single-engine plane crashed at a suburban Phoenix flight school Sunday afternoon, killing the pilot. The crash came less than six months after a fatal collision involving two other planes that had taken off from the school.
The plane had been towing a glider as part of a ride offered at the Turf Soaring School when it went straight up in the air, then fell nose first and crashed at the end of the school's runway, Peoria police Lt. Scott Lekan said.
The glider detached from the plane before the crash and landed safely.
Authorities did not immediately release the 24-year-old victim's name but said he worked at the school.
Investigators with the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board were expected to look into the crash, Lekan said.
In December, four people, including the son of the school's founder, were killed when a glider and plane that had taken off from the school collided in mid-air.
The plane had been towing a glider as part of a ride offered at the Turf Soaring School when it went straight up in the air, then fell nose first and crashed at the end of the school's runway, Peoria police Lt. Scott Lekan said.
The glider detached from the plane before the crash and landed safely.
Authorities did not immediately release the 24-year-old victim's name but said he worked at the school.
Investigators with the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board were expected to look into the crash, Lekan said.
In December, four people, including the son of the school's founder, were killed when a glider and plane that had taken off from the school collided in mid-air.
