One dead, another hospitalized after plane crash in Oklahoma City on Sunday

Josh Dulaney, The Oklahoman

One person is dead and another is in critical condition following a single-engine plane crash in northwest Oklahoma City on Sunday morning, according to officials with the Oklahoma City Fire Department.

Battalion Chief David Shearer told The Oklahoman an adult male was transported to Integris Baptist Medical Center while a second person on board was pronounced dead at the scene.

Social media posts showed black smoke in the vicinity of Wiley Post Airport, near the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and and Council Road.

Aircraft flight tracking data showed a 1968 Beechcraft Musketeer taking off and immediately turning back to land at 10:18 a.m.

OKCFD District Chief Scott Douglas said firefighters arrived at the site of the crash and found the adult male attempting to rescue the second passenger from the plane, which was fully engulfed. Firefighters began to put out the fire and treat the adult male.

The second passenger was pronounced dead at the scene.

The National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration are investigating the crash.

The Oklahoma City Fire Department works the scene of a plane crash in northwest Oklahoma City on Sunday.
The Oklahoma City Fire Department works the scene of a plane crash in northwest Oklahoma City on Sunday.

This article originally appeared on Oklahoman: OKC plane crash: One dead, one hospitalized after crash near Wiley Post

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