Small Plane Crash Under Investigation
Posted/updated on: June 29, 2011 at 11:22 am
GLADEWATER — Investigators are following up on a plane crash that happened yesterday morning. According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, a small plane crashed at Gladewater Municipal Airport on U.S. 271 South. One person was injured in the crash. Gregg County Sheriff’s Office deputies were notified at about 7:00 and DPS troopers were dispatched at about 7:45.
According to a Federal Aviation website, the tail numbers on the airplane were registered to a Hallsville man named Ronald Wayne Baker. Good Shepherd Medical Center officials said they had a man listed under that name who was listed in fair condition around 10:00. DPS officials said the man had built the airplane himself and was taking it for its first spin when the plane went down during takeoff. The Longview News-Journal reports the man was 64 years old.
