Pilot Tried to Pull Out of Landing Before Plane Crashed on Doorstep of Texas Mall

Pilot Tried to Pull Out of Landing Before Plane Crashed on Doorstep of Texas Mall
Police tape in a file photo. Benjamin Chasteen/The Epoch Times
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PLANO, Texas—A pilot who died when the small plane he was flying crashed and burned on the doorstep of a strip mall in Texas was aborting a landing, according to an incident report released Wednesday.

Plano police on Wednesday identified the pilot of the single-engine Mooney M20 as 87-year-old Elzie Monroe McDonald, of Arizona, The Dallas Morning News reported. Mr. McDonald was the only person on board when the plane crashed Tuesday.