First responders found the single-engine Mooney M20S on fire after it had crashed just after being cleared for take-off from Johnson County Executive Airport in Olathe.
An initial investigation of the accident site by the Federal Aviation Administration [FAA] found that there was fuel leaking from one of the wings.
Flight data is not yet available, but the pilot had taken off at 4.03 p.m. on Tuesday, and was heading for Arkansas. Olathe Fire Capt. Mike Hall told a press conference,"You could see a black cauldron of smoke as you approached the airport," adding,"It's a sad sight," ABC News reported.Deputy Director for the Johnson County Airport Commission Larry Pete said the airport would be closed for a couple of days, pending further investigation by officials from the FAA and the the National Transportation Safety Board ..
"It's the first thing I think about when I wake up and the last thing I think about when I finally fall asleep," Ensminger told the network.A day later, a small plane crashed into a house near Washington, D.C., killing the pilot. At the time of the accident, no one was in the house in the neighborhood of Lanham in the north-east of the city, and no one else was injured, Fox News reported.
Figures released in November showed that the number of plane fatalities in the U.S. in 2018 had increased by 13 percent from the previous year.Stock photo: An ambulance and a fire truck.
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