Date: 1st January 2017
ON 01/01/17
Local reports say the two small airplanes hit the ground in different locations following the collision but that one crashed into a parked boat to cause raging fire
At least three people were killed after two small aircraft collided mid-air near a small airport just outside of McKinney Saturday evening.
The two small planes collided near a small airport in Texas, USA, yesterday shortly before 5.30pm local time when local people were getting ready to celebrate New Year’s Eve.
The aircraft collided near Aero Country Airport in unincorporated Collin County before crashing in a commercial area of McKinney shortly before 5:30 p.m.
Authorities did not say late Saturday whether all of the victims killed were on the planes or if any were on the ground. Their names were not released.
Since opening, Aero Country has reported two fatalities, government records show. In 1997, a pilot died of severe burns after losing control of his plane, which crashed into a line of trees. And in 1983, a passenger died of a fatal head injury after exiting the plane while the engine was still running and walking into the arc of a propeller.

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MCKINNEY
A retired Air Force lieutenant colonel and his 18-year-old son, himself attending the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., both of Farmersville, were among the three people who died in the two-plane collision over McKinney Saturday.
Gregory Barber, 55, and his son, Tim Barber, were two of the victims, a family friend confirmed for WFAA television. The Federal Aviation Administration said the accident occurred about 5:30 p.m. Saturday.
Keith Clifton, a longtime friend and business partner, told the television station that the Barber’s had just taken off from Aero Country airport and was entering the first turn when his single-engine aircraft was struck in the tail. The plane crashed into the southbound lanes of Custer Road, according to the report.
“He was an excellent and very experienced pilot,” Clifton told WFAA. “Just wonderful people, the glue that holds communities together.”