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Small Plane Crashes near Tipton Airport; 2 Injured

Tipton AirportA Grumman American AA-1 aircraft crashed in woods around half mile west of Tipton Airport near Fort Meade, Maryland, on February 8.

The incident happened shortly after the plane took off from Tipton Airport, with 2 people aboard.

Authorities said both occupants of the plane were extricated from the wreckage and shifted to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. They were identified as Thomas Cline, 82, of Silver Spring and Jeff Barnett, 57, of Glen Burnie.

The FAA and the NTSB is investigating.

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