Tom Gilbert
Chief Photographer
Tulsa World
Tom Gilbert
Chief Photographer
Tulsa World
Update Monday Evening:
Air Safety Investigators believe the plane was out of control and traveling at a high rate of speed when the plane crashed into the house, leaving a considerable sized impact crator and subsequent fire ball.
The owner of the house says the house was completely empty. She was planning on tearing down the house and building another. However, after Sunday’s tragic events, her family now plans to build a memorial for the victims and their families.
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Update Monday noon:
Two Manhattan people apparently died in the Sunday evening plane crash in Oklahoma.
The latest reports indicate Manhattan Dr. Ronald Marshall, who owned the plane that went down, and Chris Gruber, Director of Development at K-State’s College of Veterinary Medicine and an employee of the K-state foundation, died in the crash northeast of Tulsa.
Authorities now say two, rather than the previously reported possible three people, died in the crash. The single-engine aircraft departed Tulsa shortly before six Sunday evening from Tulsa, on the way to Manhattan, but crashed in Collinsville, Oklahoma. No one on the ground was injured.
An investigator with the National Transportation Safety Board was going to the scene Monday.
Several messages left by KMAN news for Collinsville Police Chief Jimmie Richey were not immediately returned Monday morning.
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Update Monday morning:
The Director of Development at Kansas State’s College of Veterinary Medicine was on the plane that crashed in Collinsville, Oklahoma Sunday evening.
KMAN news heard earlier in the morning Chris Gruber was one of those killed in the crash, but was awaiting confirmation from authorities, and received word from Kansas State that he has been identified as one of those on the plane. While housed at Trotter Hall, he was an employe of the K-State Foundation.
The plane was registered to Dr. Ronald Marshall of Manhattan, who had been involved in a tragic plane accident several years ago involving his son..
Lynn Lunsford says local authorities have told the agency that as many as three were killed in the Sunday evening crash. Lunsford also confirmed that no one on the ground was injured.
Collinsville Police Chief Jimmie Richey says more than one person was killed, but didn’t release a specific number.
The FAA says the single-engine aircraft departed Tulsa around 5:50 p.m. Sunday en route to Manhattan. The plane crashed inside the city limits of Collinsville, about 30 minutes northeast of Tulsa.
The Tulsa World reports the plane crashed into a house neighbors say was vacant and caused a small fire.
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(Sunday evening report)
A single-engine plane en route from Tulsa, OK to Manhattan crashed into a vacant house in Collinsville,OK. Police Chief of Collinsville, Jimmie Richie, told the Tulsa World that more than one person was killed in the accident. The plane left Tulsa at 5:50 p.m. but crashed only thirty minutes later in Collinsville.
The plane was registered to Ronald L. Marshall of Manhattan, but no word yet on who was on the plane. KMAN will continue to bring you updates as soon as they become available.
