A Colorado couple died after their vintage airplane crashed in a Kansas field, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol.
A 1934 Waco YKC biplane, piloted and owned by retired airline pilot David Allen, 78, was traveling north around 6 p.m. June 30 when it crashed in a field in Sheridan County, Kansas, . After crashing, the plane burst into flames. David Allen and his wife, Jeanne Allen, 79, died at the scene, the report states.
The couple lived at Kelly Air Park, a residential neighborhood in Elbert where pilots keep their planes in on-site hangars and takeoff using two neighborhood runways.
The circumstances of the crash are currently unknown, . The incident is under investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board.
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