According to local news reports two men were injured in Gilmer TX after their single-engine plane crash on August 21 2012. Gilmer police said that Brian Jones and Mike McClendon were in a 1971 Thorp T-18 aircraft and had just taken off from a local airport when the plane lost power. The specific cause was not released.
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Jones and McClendon were taken to a hospital in Tyler TX and were expected to be in good condition. The FAA was expected to investigate the scene further on August 22. The accident happened just south of the Gilmer Airport.
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