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Two SAFB pilots escape crash in Oklahoma
Civilian pilot reportedly killed
By Times Record News
January 18, 2005
A military aircraft assigned to the 80th Flying Training Wing at Sheppard Air Force Base collided in mid-air with a civilian plane at about 11:35 a.m. Tuesday in southeastern Oklahoma.
The crash happened 4 miles west of Hollister, Okla., and 11 miles east of Frederick, Okla., according to Tillman, Okla., Sheriff Billy Hanes.
The two military pilots ejected safely, Sheppard Air Force Base reported. The Associated Press reported that the pilot of the crop duster was killed. No names were released for the military pilots or the civilian pilot.
A vice president of sales for Air Tractor out of Olney, Texas, confirmed that one of the company’s planes was involved in the crash. The person onboard, not an employee of Air Tractor, was ferrying the plane, described as new, to a dealership out of state, she said. The debris field was large, Hanes said, as the two planes came down on the crest of a hill in a field, away from any buildings. Both planes are believed to have burned after impact. The two pilots from SAFB were taken from the scene by ambulance. At least one witness saw the mid-air crash, Hanes said, but the identity of that witness remained unknown at this hour.
At about 1:30 p.m., a caravan of SAFB personnel arrived at the scene of the accident, which had been cordoned off, keeping the public several thousand feet away.
