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D/A: 1/7/09
Loc:  Iola, KS
A/C: Lancair IV P
Oper: Floatron Inc.

Injs: 1 Serious

January  8, 2009

HEADLINE: Ariz. man injured in Kan.  plane crash

   An Arizona man was injured after he  crashed  a small  plane  in eastern
Kansas.

   Fifty-six-year-old Mark Sherman of Chandler suffered a broken back in
the  crash.

   The Kansas Highway Patrol says Sherman was the pilot of the
single-engine Lancair IV Propjet that lost power while he was attempting to
land at Allen County Airport on Wednesday.

   The patrol says Sherman approached from the south, but had to circle the
area while another plane was on the runway.

   The  plane  landed 200 feet northeast of the runway. It skidded for
about 50 yards until the wheels and tailsection broke off the  aircraft.
The crash  also caused a fire that engulfed the  plane.