CANTON, Mass. (AP) – A single-engine private plane descended into a wooded area in view of passing motorists and crashed on approach to Norwood Memorial Airport on Monday, killing the pilot.
Agnes Elizabeth Imregh, 57, of Dover, was believed to have been the only person aboard the Mooney M20J, police said.
Imregh, the owner of the 28-year-old plane, took off Monday morning from an airfield in Pittstown, N.J., en route to Norwood. The plane crashed about 10 a.m. a couple miles south of the Norwood airport in Canton, a suburb just south of Boston.
Russ Maguire, manager of the Norwood airport, said the pilot communicated by radio with the airport’s tower staff on final approach. Maguire declined to say whether the pilot had reported trouble.
Motorists on Interstate 95 reported seeing the plane flying low before disappearing into the woods, Canton Police Chief Kenneth Berkowitz said.
Imregh was dead at the crash scene.
Skies were rainy and overcast at the time, but it wasn’t immediately clear if the weather was a factor, said Jim Peters, a spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration. The cause was under investigation.
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