Plane crash kills three at airport
By Kevin Graham, Justin George and Jessica Vander Velde, Times Staff Writers
In print: Friday, July 18, 2008
TAMPA — For 20 years, pilot Harlan "Lanny" Northcott shuttled patients across the country for medical appointments.
His single-engine Beechcraft Bonanza was his pride and joy, and he didn't mind using it to serve others.
Northcott, 81, of Sun City Center died Thursday doing just that. His plane crashed and burned at East Tampa's Vandenberg Airport, killing him and two passengers.
"All I can say at this point is he was doing what he liked to be doing, and he was helping people," said son Glenn Northcott, 39, of Houston, a pilot for Continental Airlines who flew into Tampa with his children Thursday to spend time with his father.
Authorities said Patricia Snyder, 49, and a family friend, Tyler McClellan, 15, both of Stuart, were onboard. She was being flown home after receiving medical treatment in Tampa when the plane may have hit a tower on takeoff, sheriff's officials said.
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