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Emergency crews responded to a deadly small plane crash in Levy County on Monday afternoon.
Levy County Sheriff’s deputies say two people were killed when a plane crashed near the intersection of Northeast 30th Street and 114 Avenue. The crash site was located several miles from the Williston Regional Airport. Witnesses say the crash happened around 3:30 p.m. on Monday.
Officials described the plane as a single-engine AT-6D “Texan,” which was used by the U.S. military in the 1930s through the 1950s.
Authorities asked people to avoid the area. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will investigate the crash.
The plane may have been a restored training aircraft used by the U.S. military from World War II to Vietnam. TV20 is working to confirm the tail number and the identities of the people who died, and the owner of the aircraft.
TV20 spoke with Harry Adams, a resident who was watching the aircraft fly by on his front porch. He said he heard three planes flying around 3:30 p.m., and one of the planes was sputtering. He heard a loud crash shortly after.
“You could throw a rock and hit my house right there. I was sitting on the porch swing out there [Monday] all day watching the planes,” Adam recounted. “I love doing it. I was watching them with my binoculars, and when you see a star like that, it stands for the United States. That’s what it’s for, it’s a sad tragedy.”
Adams said the old planes have been flying by his house for the past several days.
This developing story will be updated as more information is learned.
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Source: wcjb
