Authorities identified the student pilot killed after crashing small plane into power lines near West Houston Airport as Sherod Coleman. According to investigators, the fatal collision occurred at 10:30 p.m. on Saturday in the 17100 block of Groschke.
One individual was killed in the crash, according to Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez.
“(The pilot) left the airport and made some circles around the airport, and as it was coming back to land, he flew into some power lines. Once he got tangled up in the power lines, the plane crash-landed. He landed upside down to the immediate right of Groschke Road,” Richard Standifer, with Texas DPS, stated.
