OLATHE —Authorities investigating a fatal Sunday morning plane crash have identified the pilot who died as 51-year-old Robert Douglas Ming of Laguna Nigel, California.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported that just after the 2012 Fixed Wing Single-Engine Piper aircraft took off from the Johnson County Executive airport, it crashed into a field at the end of the runway. The aircraft then became fully engulfed in flames.
Ming was pronounced dead at the scene. The NTSB is investigating.
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OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — No survivors were found after a plane crashed and caught fire Sunday morning at the Johnson County Executive Airport in Olathe. The plane crashed shortly before 10:30 a.m. Sunday shortly after taking off.
The Olathe Fire Department responded and put out the flames and a small grass fire. Kansas Highway Patrol spokeswoman Trooper Tiffany Bush said it wasn’t immediately clear how many people were aboard the plane when it crashed between the airport and 151st Street but no one survived. The single-engine plane involved was heading to Albuquerque, New Mexico. A large section of 151st Street between Pflumm and Quivira was closed Sunday after the crash, and the airport will be closed for at least 24 hours.
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OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — A plane crashed and caught fire Sunday morning at the Johnson County Executive Airport in Olathe. The plane crashed shortly before 10:30 a.m. Sunday shortly after taking off from the airport.
The Olathe Fire Department responded and put out the flames and a small grass fire near the wreckage. The plane involved was a Piper Meridian Turbo Prop heading to Albuquerque.
It wasn’t immediately clear how many people were aboard the plane when it crashed between the airport and 151st Street. Olathe Fire Captain Mike Hall said a large section of 151st Street between Pflumm and Quivira was closed Sunday after the crash, and the airport was shut down.