[JYO] Wreckage found..

Wreckage found...
 
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4 Dead in Small Plane Crash in Va.
The Associated Press
Thursday, February 23, 2006; 1:03  PM
STAFFORD, Va. -- A single-engine plane carrying four basketball fans home  
from a Wake Forest game crashed while attempting to land in thick fog, killing  
all four, authorities said Thursday. 
The plane had been cleared for approach at about 11:30 p.m. Wednesday but  
never reached the runway at Stafford Regional Airport, said FAA spokeswoman  
Arlene Murray. Searchers discovered the wreckage Thursday morning about 500  
yards away. 
The victims were identified as pilot Richard L. Potter, 49, Albert "Buck"  
Jacoby, 56, Graham Green III, 57, and Michael Pappas, 47, all of the  
Fredericksburg area. 
The plane, a Columbia 400, was registered to Fredericksburg-based Homeowner  
Title LLC. Potter is listed as the principal owner, according to state  
records. 
The cause of the crash was under investigation. The plane had been diverted  
to the Stafford airport because of the weather, state police Sgt. F.L. Tyler  
said. Tyler said the pilot appeared to have tried to abort his landing and  
veered into the trees. 
Stafford is about 10 miles northeast of Fredericksburg and 40 miles southwest 
 of Washington,  D.C.

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