One dead after plane crash in Huntsville
Posted: March 18, 2010 at 4:32 p.m.
An amphibian aircraft crashed near the Huntsville airport at 1:00p.m. Thursday.
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HUNTSVILLE — A plane crash Thursday killed one person in Huntsville, near the city's airport.
Madison County Sheriff Phillip Morgan said the first 911 call came at 1:00p.m. He said that the Huntsville city police were the first to respond.
Charles Coger, head of the Huntsville airport commission, witnessed the crash and said that the pilot took off once and landed safely. Coger said the pilot took off a second time and banked right, circling the airport tower.
Coger said that the pilot was traveling low and saw him attempt to bank back towards the airport, resulting in a stall and the crash.
The plane was an amphibian craft, able to land on both land and water. Coger said that the plane had been modified with a different engine.
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