Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Starduster TOO SA-300: DeLand Municipal Airport-Sidney H Taylor Field (KDED), DeLand, Florida


DeLAND, Fla. - A plane has crashed at the DeLand Municipal Airport on Tuesday, according to Volusia County Fire Rescue. 

 DeLand police said at around 3:15 p.m., Laurence A. Lapointe, 77, was about to land a Starduster SA-300 aircraft, when he lost control of the plane and slid the vehicle off the runway.

Lapointe was not injured and said he encountered problems steering the plane once he touched the ground.


The aircraft is being removed from the scene and the investigation is being turned over to the National Transportation and Safety Board.

No other information was immediately available.

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