Faribault plane crash cause identified
(AP) - Federal safety investigators report that in the fatal airplane crash in Faribault last month the small plane's left wing clipped the ground.
The impact sent the Cirrus Design SR22 cartwheeling down the runway at the Faribault Municipal Airport on Nov. 25 before exploding into flames.
All four aboard were killed, including Dr. Chester W.P. Mayo of Aberdeen, S.D., - a descendant of the famous Mayo brothers who built the Mayo Clinic.
His son Chester Mayo Jr. also died, along with college student Corey Lyn Creger and Shattuck St. Mary's student Jay Wang.
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Wang and Mayo Junior both attended Shattuck St. Mary's.
The preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board says the plane made its first attempt to land about 1 p.m. but aborted. The plane came back about two hours later and crashed on its second landing attempt.
The report says the crash happened under clear skies, but winds gusts of about 22 miles per hour were reported.
The airplane's data module and engine were recovered for future examination.
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