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Anonymous ID: 880299 June 1, 2020, 6:59 a.m. No.9411324   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>1330

Four Frat Brothers Killed in Plane Crash in Macoupin, MO

 

Four fraternity brothers in their 30s were killed when a small plane crashed Sunday in Macoupin County, shortly after taking off from the Creve Coeur area, authorities said.

The unidentified victims were pronounced dead at the scene at 4:27 p.m. in rural Carlinville. The sheriff said all victims were adults and lived out of state.

Macoupin County Coroner Brad Targhetta said the victims' names will be released once their relatives are notified. One man was from Missouri, one was from Michigan and two lived in New York, the coroner said. The men were college fraternity brothers, believed to be in their mid-30s.

 

They left Creve Coeur airport at 3:20 p.m. Sunday and were on their way to Michigan, Targhetta said.

 

The crash is being investigated by the Federal Aviation Administration and the Macoupin County sheriff's office.

 

They were in a Piper Cherokee PA 28-235 fixed wing, single-engine aircraft, a four-seater. Its registered owner, Cleared for Takeoff LLC, is in Lansing, Michigan, according to an FAA website.

 

Macoupin County Sheriff Shawn Kahl said the several people reported the crash to 911 dispatchers about 3:45 p.m. Sunday.

Deputies found the crash site on a private farm near Wonderland Ranch Drive, about 2.5 miles south of Carlinville. The small four-seater plane crashed near a residence on the farm, but no one on the ground was hurt, Kahl said.

 

"Several people saw it and heard it," Kahl said. "Witnesses heard a noise of some sort but they don't know what it was. As far as what transpired in the air, I wouldn't even begin to speculate on that."

He said weather wasn't a factor. It was sunny and in the 70s.

A manager at Creve Couer Airport said he didn't recognize the plane's tail number and doesn't think the plane was based there.

 

https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/four-men-all-fraternity-brothers-killed-in-small-plane-crash-in-macoupin-county/article_2b5db1eb-9128-56ea-898d-d8fdbc67989b.html

 

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