FORREST CITY, Ark. (AP) — One person was killed when a small aircraft veered out of control and crashed while landing at an eastern Arkansas airport.
The single-engine Cessna 150 was landing at Forrest City Municipal Airport when the aircraft veered off the runway and crashed about 9:30 a.m. Sunday, according to a Federal Aviation Administration statement.
The pilot, Larry Cox, 71, of Forrest City, died in the crash, St. Francis County Coroner Miles Kimble said. A passenger escaped without injury.
The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating.
Forrest City is about 90 miles (140 kilometers) east of Little Rock.
