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A Lee Enterprises, Incorporated newspaper. Majority shareholder: David Hoffmann, Hoffmann Media Group.

‘Brave, brave’ pilot dies in crash

• By Sarah Newell 
Williamson
• Jan 16, 2013
• Jan 16, 2013 Updated Jul 2, 2015
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A person wearing FAA credentials photographs debris after a plane crash on Sharpe Road in Burlington.

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(File) Photos of a Jan. 16 plane crash in Burlington. The aircraft had just left Burlington-Alamance Regional Airport.

• NELSON KEPLEY

Two people look over a piece of debris after a plane crash near Sharpe Road in Burlington.

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A person looks over debris after a plane crash on Sharpe Road in Burlington.

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File. Authorities have released preliminary information on a Jan. 16 plane crash in Burlington in which the pilot, 57-year-old David Gamble, of Greensboro, was killed.

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This appears to be the crash site of the plane that crashed in Burlington, N.C., Wednesday, January 16, 2013. (Nelson Kepley, news-record.com)

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Jerry Wolford/News & Record New coach Alonzo Lee inherits a long-struggling N.C. A&T football program that has lost 36 of its last 39 games.

A Burlington police officer stands along Sharpe Road near debris from a plane crash in Burlington.

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(File) Photos of a Jan. 16 plane crash in Burlington. The aircraft had just left Burlington-Alamance Regional Airport.

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By Sarah Newell 
Williamson

BURLINGTON — A Greensboro pilot killed when his plane crashed on a softball field Wednesday morning might have intentionally aimed for open ground to avoid further loss of life.

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