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Texas Beech Crash


Pictured: A Beech A36 Bonanza
Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net
Contact photographer Mick Bajcar

What: Beech A36 en route from Kerrville Municipal Airport to Pearland Regional Airport, Houston
Where: Bulverde, Texas
When: Nov 8 2009
Who: Pilot Carlos McKinney Jr., 60, Dylan Lord, 13, and his 12-year-old brother, Brandon
Why: The plane encountered thunderstorms en route, lost contact at 9,000 feet and disappeared from radar. Three fatalities were confirmed; and the pilot was reportedly the children’s grandfather.

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