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Date: Saturday, October 1st 2016
TAYLOR, Texas —
Two people were injured when the Piper Cherokee airplane there were in crashed and burned west of Taylor
A small plane crashed at about 9:30 a.m. this morning just west of Taylor, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety and Taylor police.
There were two people on board when the Piper Cherokee airplane hit the ground and caught fire.
The pilot suffered severe burns and the passenger was also injured, but apparently escaped injury from the flames, a DPS spokesperson said. It's not known at this time where they were transported for treatment.
The crash happened near the 620 block of County Road 403. The plane lifted off this morning from Corpus Christi on its way to Taylor, but crashed just before reaching its destination.

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One Dead in Small Plane Crash in Montgomery County
Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016
No survivors at the scene of a small plane crash in Montgomery County. News4's Erika Gonzalez talked with investigators and a witness who was first on the scene. (Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016)



Montgomery County Fire and Rescue said a small plane has crashed in the Laytonsville, Maryland, area, killing one person.
Officials said the crash occurred near Ruppert Landscaping, located at 23601 Laytonsville Road, shortly before 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. The business closed at 5 p.m.
Fire and rescue spokesman Pete Piringer said the plane, described as a Cessna-type plane, caught fire. He said one person was killed.
"Small single engine plane associated with nearby Davis Airfield," Piringer said. "They believe there was only one person on the lane, and unfortunately, he did not survive the crash and fire."
National Transportation Safety Board investigators responded to the scene.
"The airplane had some recent maintenance work done on it, brakes, from what I understand," said NTSB investigator Brian Rayner. "The airplane took off. The engine sounded normal. And then, depending on the witness accounts, about 500 to 1,000 feet above ground level, the pilot reported to air traffic control that he'd experienced an engine failure."
A witness, Steven Bennett, said he saw the plane as it looked to barrel roll before the crash. He ran to the scene and arrived before emergency crews.
"I just made a path through the cornfield, so they could run in there, and we got to the plane and saw that it was on fire," Bennett said. "I just kind of walked away. There was nothing anybody could do at that point in time."
Davis Airport is located to the west of the crash site. Bill Harvey, who was not on scene but answered the phone for the Davis Airport, said he was told there was a crash about 2 to 3 miles from the airport. Employees told him he could see the smoke.

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Pilot Identified in Gaithersburg Small Plane Crash

September 29, 2016
GAITHERSBURG, MD — A Gaithersburg man has been identified as the pilot and only occupant of a small Cessna-style aircraft killed when in a Tuesday crash. William Hughes 78, of Gaithersburg was the person killed in plane crash.
Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Spokesman Pete Piringer said the crash happened about 5 p.m. in a field near the 23900 block of Laytonsville Road near Hawkins Creamery Road and about three miles from Davis Airfield.
The National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration have begun invesigating the accident.
“A preliminary investigation suggests a loss of engine power could be the cause of a loss of engine power prior to the airplane departing flight,” NTSB Senior Air Safety Investigator Brian Rayner told Montgomery Community Media.