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PATTONSBURG, Mo. (AP) - Federal authorities say a small plane went into a vertical, nose-first dive before crashing in northwest Missouri.
Preliminary findings from the National Transportation Safety Board show there was no recorded communication between air traffic control operators and the pilot, 54-year-old Kenny Stoner of Ridgeway. The St. Joseph News-Press reports that Stoner died in the crash.
The NTSB says the pilot didn't file a fight plan, but the airplane, a Cessna 182C, was believed to be flying from Northwest Missouri Regional Airport in Maryville to an airport Bethany. An alert was issued shortly after 7 Sunday evening when the plane failed to arrive in Bethany. The wreckage was found Tuesday morning in a wooded area north of Pattonsburg.
The pilot had just completed an annual inspection of the plane.
© Associated Press
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