Plane crashes on runway, killing three
A small plane trying to land at a private mountain airstrip hit two planes on the ground, killing three people, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
The crash occurred at Mountain Air, a private golf development north of Asheville. The Mountain Air website says the resort is 4,400 feet above sea level and has a 2,875-foot runway.
“A single-engine plane bounced on landing and struck two other aircraft, and all three caught on fire,” said Kathleen Bergen, an FAA spokeswoman.
Two of the victims were identified as Freddy A. Camuzzi and Charles R. Freeble III, both doctors at St. Petersburg General Hospital in Florida.
Bergen said she did not know whether all three victims were in the same aircraft.
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