Miami Valley pilot killed in Missouri plane crash – WHIO TV 7 and WHIO Radio

MIAMI VALLEY — Two pilots from Ohio — including one from the Miami Valley — died during a plane crash in St. Charles County, Missouri.

According to the National Transportation Safety Board, Amanda Youngblood from Huber Heights and George King of Westerville died Saturday.

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The NTSB said the two were flying to Denver to pick up cargo when the plane crashed about nine minutes after taking off.

Investigators are working to find out what caused the plane to go down after it reached 8,000 feet.

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The pilots did not make a distress call before the crash, according to investigators, but they are looking into communications that may have indicated a problem with the flight.

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