LEE’S SUMMIT, Mo. — Authorities say an Iowa pilot and his passenger have died after a single-engine plane crashed at a suburban Kansas City airport.
Lee’s Summit police Sgt. Chris Depue says the crash happened around 6:10 p.m. Tuesday at Lee’s Summit Municipal Airport. Responding crews found the 1964 Piper PA-28 on the west side of the airport tarmac. The victims were identified Wednesday as 53-year-old Vincent Basile and 24-year-old Kelli Basile, both of Des Moines, Iowa.