CRESCENT CITY, Fla., Nov. 10 (UPI) -- The crash of an ultralight aircraft in rural Putnam County, Fla., killed the two people on board, police said.
The pilot, Thomas Stevens, 67, of Crescent City, and passenger Joe Fyock of Orange City died when the plane struck a grove of trees near the town of Crescent City on Wednesday. They were the only people aboard the small aircraft.
Officials described the plane as a homemade, experimental ultralight plane, with wings of canvas-like material.
Gordon Bolay, who was working on a nearby farm Stevens managed, told WJAX-TV, Jacksonville, "We heard an explosion. We looked up and saw the airplane, the aircraft, whatever you want to call it, has exploded, and as soon as we saw that, we all got into the trucks [and] came down to the area where we saw it go down."
The accident remains under investigation.
