(Neb.)-Imperial Plane Crash Ignites Grass Fire

By: Chris Fankhauser Posted at: 08/07/2012 10:34 AM

     IMPERIAL, Neb. (AP) - Investigators are looking for the cause of a plane crash that killed the pilot near Imperial in western Nebraska.
 
     The Imperial Republican newspaper says firefighters believe the single-engine plane crashed Saturday morning in a pasture. Authorities say 54-year-old Scot German, a farmer and rancher from Imperial, died in the accident.
 
     The wreckage was discovered by the Imperial volunteer fire department, which was called to fight a grass fire. Officials say the plane burst into flames and started the grass fire.
 
     The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating.

(Copyright 2012 The Associated Press)

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