Pilot Killed In Texas Plane Crash Identified
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Pilot Killed In Texas Plane Crash Identified
Authorities have released the name of a 62-year-old pilot who died when an experimental plane crashed near a Texas landfill.
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(January 13, 2009)--The pilot who died in the crash of a single-engine plane in East Texas has been identified as Ronald Vickers, 62, of Arlington.

Vickers was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash Monday.

His experimental or home-built plane crashed near a landfill between Longview and Kilgore after striking power lines, authorities said.

AEP Southwestern Electric Power Co. spokesman Scott McCloud said the plane made contact with the power lines.

McCloud said no customers lost electricity as a result.
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