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 MARION, Mont. (AP) - A small plane that crashed near a private airstrip, killing its pilot and four skydivers, had made an abrupt turn just before going down, a federal investigator said Sunday. The Cessna 182 had just taken off from Skydive Lost Prairie when it crashed Saturday.
Tom Little, an investigator for the National Transportation Safety Board, said it was too early to tell what caused the crash, but he said it appeared that the plane made a 180-degree turn just after takeoff and was only about 500 feet high before it plummeted to earth.
Little said he and representatives of the Federal Aviation Administration should have a preliminary report ready by Thursday.
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