BURNET
Pilot dies in plane crash
A single-engine home-built airplane crashed near the Burnet Municipal Airport about noon Saturday, killing the pilot, according to the Federal Aviation Authority said.
The pilot, who was identified by the Department of Public Safety as Louis M. Harris of Spicewood, had flown from a Spicewood airport to meet a friend for a pancake breakfast at the Shirley Williams Airport in Kingsland earlier in the day, said FAA spokesman Lynn Lunsford.
Harris, 81, was returning to Spicewood when he experienced engine trouble and radioed his friend to say that he was diverting to Burnet, according to DPS.
The Sonex experimental plane crashed about a mile short of the runway. Harris was the sole occupant, Lunsford said, adding that the investigation is ongoing.
I must have driven by the crash site right after the fire department finished up.
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