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2008/08/06

Moontown crash




What: Three-seater Piper Super Cruiser
Where: Moontown Airport
When: Tuesday, August 05, 2008 at 2:42 p.m.,
Who: Two fatalities: Pilot Ricky Weldon, operator of Rinet Air Service and passenger Stan Summerlin, co-owner and designer of The MAiZE, a cornfield that's been turned into a popular maze every Halloween since 2003. The pilot was a mechanic, an inspector and a pilot.
Why: crashed on take-off. Witnesses say the Piper appeared to have a difficult time getting off the ground. The runway is 2,200 feet long, more than enough for the Piper to take off but the plane landed in a soybean field just off the runway.
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