SHAWNEE COUNTY—The 190th Air refueling wing of the Kansas Air National guard remembered fondly a Kansas pilot who died in a small plane crash Saturday morning in Shawnee County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2007 PV-7 piloted by 72-year-old Steven D. Stuckey of Topeka took off southbound.
The pilot attempted to incline and turn west when the plane stalled, flipped and went nose first into the ground at 5501 NE Shaffer Road in Topeka.
Stuckey was pronounced dead at the scene and transported to Frontier Forensics. He was the only person on the aircraft. The FAA is investigating.