VLVL2? Plane crashes into garage, killing federal drug agent

Sat May 29 23:56:35 CDT 2004

"Plane crashes into garage, killing federal drug agent"
as reported in the Chicago Tribune 5/29/04

A special agent for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration was killed Friday afternoon when the twin-engine Cessna he was piloting to a drug mission in Missouri crashed into a garage in southwest suburban Homer Glen shortly after he reported engine failure, the U.S. Department of Justice said.

The plane had taken off from Midway Airport only minutes before the pilot, whose name was not released, radioed the control tower about the failure. The plane then disappeared from radar, according to the department's press release.

No one on the ground was injured, officials said. The plane crashed into the detached garage of a home in the 14800 block of West 139th Street.

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http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-0405290053may29,1,7688142.story?coll=chi-news-hed

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