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NTSB determines engine stall cause of 2016 plane crash

WORLAND – The National Transportation Safety Board has issued a final accident report for a December 2016 airplane crash that killed a Thermopolis man and injured his passenger, both employees with the United States Department of Agriculture.

WORLAND – The National Transportation Safety Board has issued a final accident report for a December 2016 airplane crash that killed a Thermopolis man and injured his passenger, both employees with the United States Department of Agriculture.

The USDA issued a statement following the crash, identifying the pilot as Grant Ewing Belden, 34, of Thermopolis, an APHIS (Animal and Plant Health Inspectio...