MIDLAND, TX -- A Midland High School football player and his father were killed in the crash of a single engine private plane Thursday evening at the Midland International Airport.
Newswest9 is reporting that 16-year-old Gavyn Cooper and his father John Cooper were taking off from the Midland Airport when the crash occurred at 7:20 p.m. . According to the report, the Cirrus SR22 had just taken off from runway 16 and was exiting the pattern when it went down and crashed onto a fence starting a small fire.
Gavyn Cooper had been a student at Trinity School prior to attending Midland High School.
The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the crash.
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