“It literally sounded like when a rocket takes off and hits the atmosphere,' said one witness.
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — A pilot and a 19-year-old student pilot were among four people killed when two small planes A Piper J-3 Cub seaplane and a Cherokee Piper 161 fixed-wing plane collided around 2 p.m. Tuesday over Lake Hartridge near Winter Haven Regional Airport, told WESH-TVFernandez said she and many of her neighbors in the community about 40 miles southwest of Orlando ran outside.
Faith Irene Bake, 24, a pilot/flight instructor with Sunrise Aviation, and Zachary Jean Mace, 19, a student at Polk State College, were aboard the fixed-wing plane, which was operated by Sunrise Aviation in Ormond Beach on behalf of Polk State College, Judd said. Both were from Winter Haven. Randall Elbert Crawford, 67, of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and Louis C. Defazio, 78, of Fredericksburg, Texas, were aboard the seaplane, which was operated by Jack Brown’s Seaplane Base in Winter Haven.The National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration will investigate what caused the two planes to collide.Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
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