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Small Plane Crashes in Michigan


Pictured: A Commander Aircraft 114B out of Scranton
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Contact photographer Yasir Raja

What: DEM Enterprises Commander 114B en route from Scranton to Lenawee
Where: just northeast of Adrian in Cadmus, Michigan at Heritage Park near M-52 in Raisin Township
When: 23-OCT-2009 4:30 pm
Who: husband and wife, Eric Beaudry and Deb Rodgers-Beaudry
Why: While en route, the plane crashed in a field. Witnesses say the plane was on fire as it came down, and that one wing was loose or coming off. It is speculated that the wing hit a control tower. One remained aboard; one was ejected. Both people aboard died.

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