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Tragic Columbia Plane Crash Kills Three Aboard
Three men died when a small four seater aircraft crashed near Columbia Metropolitan Airport late Thursday. The victims Len Lovette Bernard Stanek Jr and Nathan Derek Faulkner were identified by the Lexington County coroner. Stanek was believed to have been piloting the plane which disappeared from radar about 1130 p.m. as it approached the airport in fog and low visibility. An investigation by the NTSB was begun while witnesses described hearing a sputtering engine and a crash into trees with flames.
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West Columbia
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Lexington County
Len Lovette
Hopkins
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Nathan Derek Faulkenberry
Harry O. Harman
Stanek
Harman
Newport News
State Law Enforcement Division
Owens Field
Mike Gordon
Gordon
Debbie Cochran
Fox Crossing
Cochran
Four Seasons LLC
Wilmington
Del
Federal Aviation Administration
National Transportation Safety Board
Columbia Metropolitan Airport
Lynne Douglas
Douglas
Columbia Metro
Newport News-Williamsburg International
Virginia
Flightaware.com
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Newport News-Williamsburg
Lovette
Jim Hamilton
Bun
Mill Creek Methodist Church
Hamilton