Tyler plane crash under investigation
TYLER — A plane crash that happened Friday near the Tyler municipal airport is under investigation, the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office said. The pilot of the single-seat plane was treated at the scene by local emergency medical services, said Lincoln County Sheriff Chad Meester.
The crash happened around 11:07 a.m. Friday. A sprayer plane was attempting to take off from the Tyler airport when it crashed into a cornfield north of the runway, the Sheriff’s Office said.
Meester said Tuesday that the crash is under the jurisdiction of the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board.
— Deb Gau