Authorities say a Florida man
and his wife were killed when their small plane crashed Thursday in a field
in Greene County.
Dead is Mark Sobel and his wife, Joan
Wilson, both who were 56-year-old. The Estero, Florida couple were the only
people onboard.
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The two died when their experimental
aircraft crashed off of Oakdale Road, that's about six miles west of Snow Hill.
The plane crashed into a farm field several
hundred feet from a residential area.
Witnesses tell WITN they saw the plane clip
two trees before crashing. They also report seeing two people on fire from
the waist down.
The FAA says the crash involved happened
around 1:30 p.m.
Patty McQuillan, spokeswoman for the state
Department of Crime Control and Public Safety, said emergency officials
reported that the pilot said he had icing on the wings. The plane
disappeared from radar and lost radio contact, she said.
The FAA says It was headed from Page Field
in Fort Myers, Fla., to Hartford-Brainard Airport in Connecticut.
The FAA says the plane was a Lancair model
IV-P, built in 2003. Lancair's website says that plane has a top speed of
330 miles per hour and can seat four people.