High school student, pilot die in plane crash near Altus

 
By Aaron Crespo, acrespo@opubco.com
Published: November 8, 2009

ALTUS — A man identified as an Altus Air Force Base firefighter and an Altus High School student died in a plane crash Sunday northwest of Altus.

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol identified the victims as pilot Robert N. Munson , 38, of Blair, and Zachary James Cook , 17, of Altus.

The plane, a 2001 Skybolt experimental aircraft, took off from Altus/Quartz Mountain Regional Airport about 11:20 a.m., ...


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