Feds: Couple wanted to buy plane that crashed
The National Transportation Safety Board officials investigating Sunday's fatal single-engine plane crash near Calabro Airport say the aircraft's maintenance records will be a focal point after "discrepancies" were found in a recent inspection. Videojournalist: Jim Staubitser (Aug. 20, 2012) (August 20, 2012 11:13 PM)
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An upstate couple looking to buy a plane were on a test flight of the single-engine Socata TB10 that crashed shortly after takeoff Sunday in Shirley, killing two of the three people on board, federal officials said Monday.
Killed in the late-morning crash were the plane's owner, David J. McElroy, 53, of Orient, and Jane Unhjem, 60, an assistant school superintendent from upstate Goshen.
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