Callaway Fire and Rescue were called to the scene of an airplane fire around 11:00 am on July 15.
According
to pilot John Wittuhn, he had just cleaned out the plane and could
smell something strange so decided to taxi the plane back to the hangar
to check out the problem. Before he could get to the hangar the cockpit
filled with smoke so Wittuhn jumped from the plane.
The plane
proceeded ahead and the nose went over an embankment and caught on
fire. Callaway Fire Department as able to contain the blaze quickly.
Wittuhn, the owner of a crop dusting service called Wittuhn Aerial Service, believes that an electrical problem caused the fire.
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