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Safety board: Pilot likely 'disoriented' in fatal crash near Topeka

A Scott City man who crashed his small-engine plane just north of Topeka in April 2011 likely became disoriented and lost control of the aircraft, investigators said in a report released recently.

Dylan Spencer, 35, a Scott County commissioner, his wife, Amy, 34, and daughters Chase, 7, and Ansley, 5, were killed when the family’s dual-engine 1973 Beech Model 58C airplane crashed in a Jefferson County field about 12:15 p.m. April 22, 2011, after a failed attempt to land at Philip Billard Municipal Airport in Topeka.

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from News http://cjonline.com/news/2013-01-08/safety-board-pilot-likely-disoriented-fatal-crash-near-topeka

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