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4 Fatalities in Fayetteville Crash

What: Beechcraft Bonanza 36 en route to Fayetteville
Where: rural backyard outside Winslow
When: Feb 6 2010
Who: 46-year-old pilot Edward Cooper; 16-year-old Mary Cooper; 14-year-old Elizabeth Cooper; and 57-year-old Martin Draper, all of Hot Springs.
Why: The destination of the flight was the Razorbacks’ basketball game.

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