3 killed in small plane crash in southern West Virginia
The single-engine Beechcraft C23 went down after taking
off from the Fayette Airport in Fayetteville at about 11 a.m., the Federal
Aviation Administration said in a statement.
State police Capt. R.A. Maddy told news outlets that the
wreckage was found near a barn in the rural community of Lansing, a few miles
from the New River Gorge Bridge about 50 miles (80 kilometers) southeast of
Charleston. The bodies were found inside the plane.
State police identified the victims as Nick Fletcher, 38;
Michael Taphouse, 36; and Wesley Farley, 39. All were from the Chesapeake,
Virginia, area.
The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board are
investigating
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