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Couple who died in Muscatine plane crash identified
Muscatine County Sheriff Quinn Riess talks to the media Wednesday about a plane crash near Muscatine. Two people were killed in the crash. (Gary Krambeck/Moline Dispatch-Argus)
MUSCATINE, Iowa — Two people from Missouri died when a small plane crashed into a cornfield in Muscatine County in Eastern Iowa, authorities said.
The single-engine Piper went down Wednesday afternoon about 4 miles north of Muscatine, Sheriff Quinn Riess said.
Daniel Slack, 68, and Sharon Slack, 69, of El Dorado Springs, Mo., died in the crash.
Daniel Slack was superintendent of schools in Deerfield, Kan., from 2015 until he retired last year, KSNW-TV reported.
A preliminary investigation determined the plane took off from Ford Airport near Iron Mountain, Mich., to fly back to Missouri, Riess said.
The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the cause of the crash.
