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A pilot who died when the small aircraft he was flying crashed and burned on the doorstep of a strip mall in Texas was aborting a touchdown, in keeping with an incident report launched Wednesday.
Plano police on Wednesday recognized the pilot of the single-engine Mooney M20 as 87-year-old Elzie Monroe McDonald, of Arizona, The Dallas Morning Information reported. McDonald was the one particular person on board when the aircraft crashed Tuesday.
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Images from the scene confirmed the wreckage in a parking house subsequent to a nail salon and diner simply exterior of the procuring middle within the Dallas suburb of Plano. (Fox Information)
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The Nationwide Transportation Security Board remains to be investigating the crash. However a Federal Aviation Administration incident report says McDonald was pulling out of a touchdown earlier than crashing.
Images from the scene confirmed the wreckage in a parking house subsequent to a nail salon and diner simply exterior of the procuring middle within the Dallas suburb of Plano.
The crash precipitated a parked automobile to catch fireplace. Nobody was contained in the automobile, and no bystanders had been injured, authorities mentioned.
