A small plane that left Wauchula crashed just before noon Sunday in eastern Hillsborough County, killing two men.
The victims were David Barry Berman, 53, and Akeem Travas Blake, 19, both of Sarasota.
The single-engine aircraft went down about a mile north of State Road 60 and west of County Line Road. The call came in about 11:45 a.m., said J.D. Callaway, a spokesman for the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office.
Witnesses said they heard the engine sputter before the plane dove into a tree line. The plane wound up upside down in a pasture, according to the sheriff's office.
The Federal Aviation Administration Web site said the plane is registered to David Berman of Sarasota and describes the aircraft as a Busby Mustang.
An investigator from the FAA is traveling from Orlando to investigate the crash, Callaway said.
The experimental plane went down near Tangled Oaks Place, a private road in the Plant City area, said Hillsborough County Fire Rescue Chief Craig Lynn.
At some time, the aircraft landed at an uncontrolled airport in Wauchula and left there Sunday morning, an FAA spokeswoman said.
Experimental aircraft are small planes usually built by individuals from kits, she said.
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