Keith Michael McElvain ID’d as Man Killed in Cherokee County Plane Crash near CR 4303

Cherokee County, Texas (January 21, 2020) – The pilot who was killed Monday afternoon in a plane crash in Cherokee County has been identified as Keith Michael McElvain, 76, of Jacksonville, according to the DPS.

The crash was reported around 3:00 p.m. January 20, in a field off CR 4303.

According to a preliminary investigation, McElvain was flying a Cessna 150 and had taken off from the Cherokee County Airport around 12:05 p.m. It appears the aircraft struck the guide wires for a television tower in the Ponta area and crashed.

McElvain, who was the only occupant in the plane, was pronounced dead at the scene.

The NTSB is investigating the crash.