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Fatal Plane Crash Macoupin County

Mon, 27 Oct 2014 09:29:25 CDT
One person was killed and another was injured in a plane crash Sunday afternoon in Macoupin County.

According to Macoupin County Coroner Brad Targhetta, 66 year old Thomas Huebbe of St. Charles, Missouri was pronounced dead at 4:45pm at Carlinville Area Hospital shortly after the crash.

Thomas Huebbe, the pilot of the plane and his son 35 year old John Huebbe were returning to St. Charles from Taylorville when the plane experienced a mechanical failure. Thomas Huebbe attempted to land the plane in a harvested field near Route 16 and Stagee Coach Road. As the plane traveled on the harvested field it traveled into a unharvested area and flipped over onto its roof.

John Huebbe was able to make it to a farm house to obtain help and authorities responeded around 4:13pm to the crash site. John Huebbe was injured and taken to a local hospital for treatment.

The Federal Aviation Administration and local authorities continue to investigate the plane crash.