ELK CITY, Okla.—An Idaho man killed in a plane crash in western Oklahoma reported a “gyro problem” shortly before his plane crashed near Elk City.
The National Transportation Safety Board’s preliminary report on the crash says pilot Art Lazzarini of Hailey, Idaho, was trying to divert to Liberal, Kan., when the plane disappeared from radar and crashed about 11:30 a.m. April 21. The wreckage was found nearly two hours later by a rancher about nine miles northwest of Elk City.
The report says Lazzarini was flying the single-engine, experimental plane from Pueblo, Colo., to McKinney, Texas, where the plane was to be sold.
The preliminary report does not list a suspected cause of the crash. A probable cause report on the crash is not expected for several months.