FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – The Tarrant County medical examiner’s office on Friday, December 25, confirmed the identity of the two men who died in a minor plane crash in Grand Prairie on Monday, December 21.
John Robert Frazier, 65, of Trophy Club, and Larry Ronald Vieregge, 71, of Grapevine died on the spot shortly before 3:00 pm when their plane crashed along SH 360 service road near Mayfield Road.
It is not clear which person was the pilot and which was the passenger.
The plane took off from Grand Prairie Municipal Airport just minutes before the crash, Grand Prairie fire chief Robert Fite said Monday.
Witnesses said the plane hit a telephone pole, then hit a truck and came to a stop next to the Sonic parking lot where it caught fire.
Chief Fite said firefighters quickly put it out.
Minor plane crash in Grand Prairie on Monday December 21 (Chopper 11)
The person in the truck was taken to hospital in a stable condition.
The Federal Aviation Administration is leading the investigation.
The plane caught fire after it came to rest in a grassy area near a Sonic drive-in restaurant, Fite said.
“The plane was clearly in distress as it came down,” Fite said. “We don’t know if this was an emergency landing or a catastrophic failure.”
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