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Plane crashes into a pond

WCBE 90.5FM | By Jim Letizia,
Associated Press
Published June 29, 2012 at 12:19 PM EDT

A small plane crashed into a pond near Chapman Memorial Field in Centerburg this morning. The State Highway Patrol says 75-year-old pilot Thomas Whittaker was the only person on board. He was not injured. Troopers say Whittaker was making a recretational flight when his controls malfunctioned. 
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Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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