Flight-School Plane Crashed in Lakeland; 2 Killed
A twin-engine training aircraft crashed into a warehouse at 5300 Allen K Breed Highway in Lakeland, Florida, on the morning of January 22.
The accident happened at around 10 a.m. after the plane departed from Lakeland Linder Regional Airport. The crash caused an explosion and fire.
A student and an instructor were aboard the plane when it crashed; both of them were killed. They were later identified as 41-year-old Gregory Todd Geng from Hudson and 62-year-old Terry Lee Butt of Winter Haven.
There was no one inside the building at the time of accident. The warehouse belongs to Key Safety Systems, a designer, developer and manufacturer of automotive safety systems.
The plane was a Piper Apache registered to Tailwheels Inc., of Lakeland.
The NTSB and the FAA are investigating.