What: 1976 Cessna 182P Skylane
Where: near Kewanee Municipal Airport
When: Nov 23, 2009 , 5:45 pm
Who: pilot Harold D. Middleton, his wife Peggy G. Middleton and their fourteen year old grandson Austin Middleton
Why: A half a mile south of the airport, just after takeoff, the Cessna crashed in a corn field.

Fourteen year old Austin walked across the corn field to the airport, following the airport lights through the dark.

After reporting the accident, he was hospitalized, as was the pilot, his grandmother. His grandmother died at Kewanee Hospital.

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Where: Sterrett Road / Ellis County Sportmen’s Club, Waxahachie, TX
When: Jan 23 2010
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