Plane crash near Colbert kills pilot - Durant Daily Democrat
The pilot of a single-engine plane bound for Fort Worth Spinks Airport was killed when the plane crashed around 3 p. m. Sunday near Winnet Road, approximately five miles southeast of Colbert. Their last stop had been in Springfield, Mo. The 1979 Beechcraft Bonanza plane had just passed over Colbert when it went down just feet from the county road. Engine failure is listed as the probable cause of the crash, but officials are expected at the scene today to continue their investigation. Just moments before the plane went down, witnesses heard what they explained as a “boom” and noises unlike what a normal plane flying over would make. It reportedly was opened to the page explaining about engine failure. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol secured the location and crash debris until the National Transportation Safety Board could arrive Monday to begin its investigation. The Bryan County Sheriff’s Office, and Colbert, Achille and Cartwright fire departments worked the crash. Earlier Sunday, one person was injured during a two-vehicle crash at the West Highway 70 and Silo Road intersection. Authorities at the scene said a 1993 Jeep driven by Nicholas A. Dickerson, 26, Silo, was southbound on Silo Road approaching the stop sign when he failed to yield and drove into the path of a Dodge truck driven by Douglas Hafer, 57, pulling. Source: durantdemocrat.com
