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Piper Crashes in Amarillo

What: Piper PA-30 en route from Tradewind Airport to Alamogordo, N.M
Where: Amarillo
When: Thurs Fri 17 2010 7:15 a.m
Who: Pilot William Runyan Ellett, 59, and passenger Andrew Arnold Hanson 57
Why: A mile from Tradewind airport, the plane as it banked over the buildings, turned sideways and shot straight down and crashed into Arctic Glacier Premium Ice warehouse. James Ziolkowski and William Runyan Ellett shared ownership of the plane. No explanation is given for the crash.

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