Authorities Find Third Body From Plane Crash

The Observer-Times of Fayetteville identified the victim as Archie Vipperman of Axton, Virginia.

Vipperman's Beech Bonanza collided with a Piper Cherokee about 1:30 p.m.Tuesday. The planes blew apart, sending debris flying over three squaremiles. Pieces and bodies from the two small planes crashed to the groundand into the trees.

Two different area residents placed calls to 9-1-1 just after thecrash. Here is a transcript of parts of those two calls:

First call:

Dispatcher: Moore County 911. What's your emergency?Caller: Let me get my breath. A big plane blew up.Dispatcher: A plane?Caller: Uh huhDispatcher: How do you know it was a plane?Caller: I was in the yard, going to the mailbox.Dispatcher: And you saw it?Caller: Yes, I heard it pop in the air. I looked andsaw two pieces ofit coming down.

Second call:

Caller 2: There's a plane crashed down here at 1711Needham GroveRoad,right in fron of the Williams' house.Dispatcher: Is anybody injured?Caller 2: I don't know.Dispatcher: Is there any fire?Caller 2: No. There's no fire right now.

Debris landed all around one house, but amazingly never hit it. There wereno injuries on the ground, but two men in one of the planes were killed.

56-year-old Robert McGee of Midland and 33-year-old Rodney Rushing ofIndian Trail were flying in the Piper Cherokee. Their plane collided withthe Beech Bonanza north of Robbins.

As searchers came across plane parts, they marked them with yellow tape.Later, all the pieces will be turned over to the Federal Aviation Administration.

Investigators still don't know what caused the crash.