MARYLAND HEIGHTS, Mass., Oct. 25 (UPI) -- A small plane crashed into Missouri's Creve Coeur Lake, seriously injuring two people, officials said.
The Piper PA-28 Cherokee fixed-wing single-engine plane crashed Wednesday night when the pilot attempted to land on the shore of the lake, The (St. Louis, Mo.) Post-Dispatch reported.
Emergency responders pulled two people, whose names were not released, from the aircraft, which flipped onto its backside during the landing.
The survivors were hospitalized in critical condition.
Federal Aviation Administration records show the plane was registered to Russell C. Hazelton of Factoryville, Pa., and that there were just two people aboard at the time of the crash.
FAA spokeswoman Elizabeth Isham Cory said the agency's probe could take several months as investigators talk with witnesses, pull radar records, check the plane's history and pilot's training, among other details.
