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Experimental Plane Crash kills 3

What: EXP BEARHAWK Fixed Wing Single-Engine Regis#: 3WC owned by William Cox en route from a private airstrip in Beach City RWJ Airpark
Where: ANAHUAC TX in Chambers Count landing in an open pasture 30 miles east of Houston.
When: Thursday 01/29/2009 3 p.m.
Who: Pilot and two passengers were aboard
Why: Wtnesses reported hearing an engine sputter before seeing the plane nosedived into the ground. The plane was an experimental class plane

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