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Two area residents among six killed in Grain Valley plane crash
Lawrence man John Hanson Schuman and Oskaloosa man Marion Lewis Rudder, both 47, were identified as victims in a small plane crash near Grain Valley Missouri. The Skydiving Club members were aboard when an oil fire ignited aboard the Cessna 206 shortly after takeoff from Independence. NTSB investigators said oil on the stabilizer and wing caused the blaze and noted a broken linking rod. Pilot Dave Snyder, 57, of Independence, radioed an electrical emergency before attempting an emergency landing near East Kansas City Airport. the plane crashed 60 yards from the runway. Other victims named include Eric Rueff, 32, Kansas City Kansas. Julie Douglass, 24, Kansas City Missouri. and Ken Buckley, location not available.
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