Twin-Engine Plane Crashes In Callahan County
By: Big 2 News Staff
Updated: February 14, 2013
CALLAHAN COUNTY -- A plane crashes in the Big Country.
Texas Department of Public Safety officials say that a 1970 A60 Beech twin-engine airplane went down about 8 miles northeast of Abilene around 10:40 AM Thursday.
Troopers say that Frank Leroy Bell of Tuscola was flying the plane when it ran out of fuel.
Bell, 75, tried to glide the plane onto a plowed field, but the aircraft crashed into some mesquite trees short of the field instead.
Bell wasn't injured in the crash.
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the crash.
Texas Department of Public Safety officials say that a 1970 A60 Beech twin-engine airplane went down about 8 miles northeast of Abilene around 10:40 AM Thursday.
Troopers say that Frank Leroy Bell of Tuscola was flying the plane when it ran out of fuel.
Bell, 75, tried to glide the plane onto a plowed field, but the aircraft crashed into some mesquite trees short of the field instead.
Bell wasn't injured in the crash.
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the crash.
