FLORENCE, OR — Witnesses say a single-engine plane appeared to stall before it crashed into the Pacific Ocean off the Oregon coast, killing the pilot and his 15-year-old grandson earlier this month. Witnesses also National Transportation Safety Board investigators the plane descend from the clouds, stall and begin to spin before it hit the water northwest of Florence on June 15th. The crash killed Richard Munger, 69, Florence, and his grandson, Benjamin Dressler, 15, Burien, WA.
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The crash reportedly took place about an hour after takeoff from the Florence Municipal Airport. The NTSB will release additional details after it determines the probable cause of the crash.
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