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Cessna Crashed at Mount Pleasant Regional Airport, 2 Killed

CessnaA single engine Cessna 150 plane crashed just about 200 yards off the runway at Mount Pleasant Regional Airport, Charleston County, South Carolina, at about 11:36 a.m. on August 14.

According to Mount Pleasant Town Councilman Ken Glasson, both people aboard the plane died in the crash. They were later identified as the flight instructor Graham Borland, 33, of North Charleston and his student Matthew Gaither, 20, of Johns Island.

The plane was registered in the name of Hanger Aviation Inc. of Johns Island.

The accident is under investigation by the FAA and the NTSB.

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