In short: -Not medical -Not weather -Not running out of gas (which the investigation had first suspected, but has now ruled out – it is not mentioned below, however) Here is a good story on it: Connell was attempting a landing on Runway 23 at the Akron-Canton Airport, but his plane crashed about three miles short of his destination. Troopers with the Highway Patrol’s Canton post said the plane made a forced landing, hit a flagpole and rolled several times. NTSB investigator Mitch Gallo examined
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