Antique plane crashes into Keystone Lake

  • A member of the OHP Dive Team works Sunday, to float the 1941 vintage aircraft that crashed into Keystone Lake Saturday near Prue.
    A member of the OHP Dive Team works Sunday, to float the 1941 vintage aircraft that crashed into Keystone Lake Saturday near Prue.
  • Shortly after this photo was taken, the aircraft’s wings were removed so it could be transported and stored in a warehouse pending investigation by the FAA.
    Shortly after this photo was taken, the aircraft’s wings were removed so it could be transported and stored in a warehouse pending investigation by the FAA.
A Collinsville flight instructor and his 19-year-old passenger survived a harrowing ordeal Saturday morning after the classic biplane they were flying in crashed into Keystone Lake near Prue. According to Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper Matthew Hughart, with the OHP Marine Division, the 1941 Stearman Kaydet was flown by 66-year-old Bruce Forbes of Collinsville. Witnesses on the ground told…

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