Two local men were killed after their plane crashed in Arizona on Thursday morning. The crash occurred at the Cochise County Airport in Willcox, an area east of Tucson.
The pilot, 47-year-old Glen Slagoske, and 27-year-old Shawn Muscat were in their two-seat, single-engine homebuilt plane when it crashed. Slagoske was an experienced pilot. Muscat was a 2001 graduate from Poway High School.
The T-18′s first landing attempt was aborted when it came in too fast, and on the second try it appeared to pull up and stall before spiraling into the ground, according to witnesses.
Federal Aviation Administration records showed that Slagoske owned the plane, which was manufactured in 1970.
Slagoske and Muscat were the only occupants inside the single-engine Finney Thorp T-18, an experimental aircraft known for its speed and maneuvering. The FAA and NTSB are in the area investigating the crash.
Muscat is survived by his wife and two young children.
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