Updated: November 27, 2017


A TENNESSEE MAN IS DEAD AFTER A PLANE CRASH IN FLORIDA OVER THE WEEKEND. ACCORDING TO THE DAILY HERALD, HERMAN EUGENE STEELE, 73, OF MT PLEASANT, DIED AFTER HIS SINGLE ENGINE AIRCRAFT LOST CONTROL OF IT'S FLIGHT PATH AND CRASHED.  OFFICIALS ADVISE HE WAS HEADING TO JACKSONVILLE.  JUST BEFORE 3 PM, THE PLANE WHICH WAS TRAVELING 182 MPH DROPPED TO 24 MPH.  JACKSONSVILLE AVIATION AUTHORITY DID RECEIVE A DISTRESS CALL AND FLIGHT PATTERNS SHOW THE PLANE SPINNING IN MULTIPLE DIRECTIONS.  THE ACCIDENT IS CURRENTLY UNDER INVESTIGATION.