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Fire engulfs the fuselage of a Piper PA32 shortly after 9:30 a.m. on Saturday on Inwood Court. The pilot, Salena Short of Tyler, Texas, perished. (AMY CREAMER BROWN/Special to the Reporter)

Fire engulfs the fuselage of a Piper PA32 shortly after 9:30 a.m. on Saturday on Inwood Court. The pilot, Salena Short of Tyler, Texas, perished. (AMY CREAMER BROWN/Special to the Reporter)

Boy, 7, coping in wake of plane crash

CARL MCKINNEY
Monday, January 27, 2020
The plane crash made their home unlivable. The house reeks of smoke and fuel, and a tarp covers the hole left in the roof.  Shane Thomson and her 7-year-old son, Ethan, lived together on Inwood Court in the Creekside subdivision, near Cannon Creek Airpark.

Guilty plea in Irma fraud case

CARL MCKINNEY
Monday, January 27, 2020
The Suwannee County woman accused of trying to defraud the federal government in a disaster-relief scam centered on Hurricane Irma has pleaded guilty, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Monday.
Among those volunteering to patch the roof of a home hit by a plane Saturday were Bill Brinkley (from left), Alvin Hitson and Mark Nodes. Photo by Robert Bridges/Lake City Reporter

Among those volunteering to patch the roof of a home hit by a plane Saturday were Bill Brinkley (from left), Alvin Hitson and Mark Nodes. Photo by Robert Bridges/Lake City Reporter

Home damaged worse than thought in plane crash

ROBERT BRIDGES
Sunday, January 26, 2020
An Inwood Court home suffered more damage than was first thought when it was struck by a single-engine plane on Saturday, killing the pilot.
First responders are pictured at the scene shortly after a single-engine plane crashed into a Lake City home Saturday morning. (Ray Carpenter Photography)

First responders are pictured at the scene shortly after a single-engine plane crashed into a Lake City home Saturday morning. (Ray Carpenter Photography)

Pilot ID'd as Salena Short of Tyler, Texas

NEWS STAFF
Saturday, January 25, 2020
The pilot of a single-engine plane is dead after crashing into a home on Inwood Court in the Creekside subdivision Saturday morning. The occupants of the home, a woman and her 7-year-old son, were unhurt.
A plane piloted by a Texas woman exploded in flames after crashing into an Inwood Court Saturday morning. The Lake City Reporter has chosen not to identify the woman until next of kin has been notified. (Photo by AMY BROWN via Facebook)

A plane piloted by a Texas woman exploded in flames after crashing into an Inwood Court Saturday morning. The Lake City Reporter has chosen not to identify the woman until next of kin has been notified. (Photo by AMY BROWN via Facebook)

Pilot in fatal crash was Texas woman

MICHAEL PHILIPS
Saturday, January 25, 2020
The female pilot who crashed into a Lake City home on Inwood Court Saturday morning was from Texas, the Reporter has learned. She was visiting her friend Bill Jennings, who is from Indiana and about three months ago purchased a home in the Cannon Creek Airpark.
First responders are pictured at the scene of a plane crash at Cannon Creek Airpark Saturday morning. (ROBERT BRIDGES/Lake City Reporter)

First responders are pictured at the scene of a plane crash at Cannon Creek Airpark Saturday morning. (ROBERT BRIDGES/Lake City Reporter)

'A miracle' that family in home unhurt in plane crash

ROBERT BRIDGES
Saturday, January 25, 2020
Rhonda and Jack Russell of Lake City were on the way to their daughter’s home in the Creekside subdivision to pick up their grandson, who had a basketball game Saturday morning at Parkview Baptist, when they got the call.
A single-engine plane is seen in flames after crashing into a home in Cannon Creek Airpark Saturday morning. (Photo courtesy of AMY BROWN/Facebook)

A single-engine plane is seen in flames after crashing into a home in Cannon Creek Airpark Saturday morning. (Photo courtesy of AMY BROWN/Facebook)

Plane crashes into home

ROBERT BRIDGES
Saturday, January 25, 2020
The pilot of a single-engine plane is dead after crashing into a home on Inwood Court in Cannon Creek Airpark Saturday morning. The occupants of the home, a woman and her son, were unhurt.