MOORHEAD, Minn. - Authorities have identified a pilot who was killed while flying a vintage airplane near the Moorhead airport south of I-94.
Forty-one-year-old Mark Yaggie of Breckenridge died when the plane went down just after 6 p.m. Sunday.
Yaggie was the only person in the plane.
When the fire department and Clay County authorities arrived on scene, fuel was leaking from the engine but was quickly stopped.
The FAA's preliminary report says Yaggie was attempting to land at the Moorhead Airport. Yaggie was flying a North American T-28, a vintage military trainer
“On arrival of everybody, they found that the plane had went down out on the cornfield, which kind of hindered the process of everybody getting out to the scene of the crash,” said Lt. Mark Empting, who is with the Clay County Sheriff’s Office. “Right now, we are currently investigating it to see what happened. The FAA has been notified and they are on their way here as well.”
