Plane Crash Reported in East Texas
Posted/updated on: August 15, 2017 at 4:38 pmBECKVILLE – A pilot whose plane crashed near the Harrison County-Panola County line is in the hospital with a head injury. The pilot, Charles Flay Mayo, 60, of Jefferson, reported he had crashed his small plane while checking pipelines. The plane went down on a private lease road off of County Road 267 north of Beckville. According to KETK, The man told fire officials he lost power to the plane, a Piper Model PA22135 fixed wing single engine aircraft, and was trying to make it to Carthage when the plane went down.