NewsNovember 2, 2007
Pilot killed after crashing plane in farm field in Northeast Missouri
LA BELLE, Mo. (AP) -- A 71-year-old Missouri man is dead after crashing his single-engine airplane in a northeast Missouri farm field Thursday afternoon. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said Stevens L. Walker of Newark crashed his Zodiac 601 XL Zenair plane around 4:35 p.m. in Lewis County near La Belle, about 25 miles west of Canton...
LA BELLE, Mo. (AP) -- A 71-year-old Missouri man is dead after crashing his single-engine airplane in a northeast Missouri farm field Thursday afternoon.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol said Stevens L. Walker of Newark crashed his Zodiac 601 XL Zenair plane around 4:35 p.m. in Lewis County near La Belle, about 25 miles west of Canton.
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Patrol spokesman Sgt. Brent Bernhardt said Walker, who was the pilot and sole occupant of the plane, was pronounced dead at 5:45 p.m.
Bernhardt said Walker had taken off from a rural airport about two miles from the crash site.
Investigators from the Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Bureau were expected at the scene on Friday, Bernhardt said.
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