By: Las Vegas Now Staff
The pilot of the experimental plane that crashed into a North Las Vegas home on Friday has been identified as 76-year-old Mack C. Murphree Jr. The coroner said he died from multiple injuries as a result of crash.
The family who lived in the house had three residents. One wasn't home and escaped injury. Lucy Costa's cause of death was acute carbon monoxide inhalation. She was 76 as well. Her husband Jack Costa was also inside the home and was killed in the crash.
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The plane was an experimental aircraft that had just five hours of flying time. The tower noticed it was not gaining altitude and radioed Murphree. He then called back saying he was going down. Investigators are looking for clues to the cause to the cause of the crash.
The experimental plane had just taken off and had about 75 gallons of fuel on board. North Las Vegas Fire Chief Al Gillespie says that created the intense fire, “This one would be the equivalent to having a large SUV crash into the house with a large fuel tank at a high rate of speed.”
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