Four dead in plane crash near West Fork (Update: Names released) | Press Release

Plane crash kills four in south Washington County (Photo from the Washington County Sheriff's Office)

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UPDATED:  02-06-2010 at 7:00 p.m.

Preliminary investigation by Washington County Sheriff’s Office investigators has confirmed a Beechcraft A36, single-engine airplane left the Hot Springs Airport in Hot Springs, AR. at approximately 11:00 a.m. today enroute to Drake Field Airport in Fayetteville, AR.  The airplane crashed in a field near Oak Grove Rd. (WC 238) in south Washington County.  The four (4) confirmed fatalities are:  Pilot – Edward COOPER, W/M, (46) of Hot Springs, AR., Mary COOPER, W/F, (16) of Hot Springs, AR., Elizabeth COOPER, W/F, (14) of Hot Springs, AR., and Martin DRAPER, W/M, (57) of Hot Springs, AR.

The victim’s bodies were released to the Washington County Coroner’s Office.  Federal investigators are on the scene and the investigation is continuing.

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UPDATED INFORMATION

February 6, 2010

Washington County Sheriff Tim Helder announced today a plane crash occurred south of West Fork in the Brentwood Mountain area.

On February 6, 2010 at 11:48 a.m. the Washington County Sheriff’s Office received a report from a witness that a small plane had crashed in the Brentwood Mountain area south of West Fork, AR. Upon arrival, deputies and medical personnel discovered a Beechcraft, single-engine airplane had crashed in a field off of Oak Grove Rd. (WC 238) in south Washington County; two (2) fatalities have been confirmed. Emergency personnel are still on the scene. We will provide additional information as it becomes available for release.

UPDATED: There are now four (4) confirmed fatalities.

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