One dead in crash at MP airport

  • The wreckage of the single engine Piper rests near the tree line where it is expected the plane clipped a tree as it was coming in for a landing at Mount Pleasant Regional Airport Sunday night. TRIBUNE PHOTO / ELIZABETH LANNING
    The wreckage of the single engine Piper rests near the tree line where it is expected the plane clipped a tree as it was coming in for a landing at Mount Pleasant Regional Airport Sunday night. TRIBUNE PHOTO / ELIZABETH LANNING
A plane crash late Sunday night near the Mount Pleasant Regional Airport has left one dead and several people injured and the National Transportation Safety Board looking for answers. The plane was identified as a Piper PA-32, a single engine plane that carries up to six people. The PA-32 is widely used as a means of private transportation, air taxi services and as a medivac plane. The crash…

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