MAY 25, 2015
HAMILTON COUNTY, KANSAS
A 54-year-old pilot from Syracuse was killed in a plane
crash Monday morning in Hamilton County.
A small Russian-made 1981 Yak 52 aircraft crashed just after
8 a.m. Monday in Syracuse. The Kansas Highway Patrol said the crash location
was in the 2800 block of East River Road, just off K-27 or 1.3 miles south of
US 50/K-27.
The KHP says the plane went down, nose-first, then traveled
a short distance before coming to a rest upright.
Fifty-four-year-old Anthony Englert, of Syracuse, Kansas was
killed in the crash. There were no other occupants on the plane.
The FAA and NTSB are investigating the cause of the crash.