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2008/06/22

Piper Cub crash




What: single-engine Piper Cub airplane
Where: Placid Lakes Airport in central Florida conducting aerial surveys of Highlands County black bears as part of a multi-year project
When: mid-day Friday
Who: pilot and passenger: pilot citrus grove owner Mason Smoak; and passenger: David Maehr associate professor of wildlife and conservation biology in the Department of Forestry
Why:plane apparently stalled, did a 360 and went straight down."
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