A 17-year-old from Texas was killed after the plane he was piloting alone crashed in Washington County, Arkansas
The single-engine Cessna plane being piloted by Gabriel Hatton crashed in a wooded area of Prairie Grove, Arkansas, accoridng to the Washington County Sheriff's Office . The crash was first reported to 911 at 8:43 p.m. by nearby residents, one of whom told CNN affiliate KFSM that they heard the engine stall before impact."And then the plane just dove out of the sky," said Michael Anderson.
Multiple fire departments from surrounding cities, along with Washington County Urban Search and Rescue and even some residents with flashlights, assisted in the search. The wreckage of the airplane, a fixed wing single-engine Cessna 150G, was located at 11:13 p.m.Read MoreHatton, from McKinney, Texas, was the only one aboard the plane that departed from Drake Field Airport and was heading to an unnamed location in Texas, according to WCSO.
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