The right wing was bent back, and the plane's engine was several yards away, behind the tail. ", At the time of the crash, the obituary says she held eight jobs: "In-house media host for the New Orleans Saints and Pelicans, TV sports reporter for WDSU, sideline reporter for ESPN and Cox Sports, in-house digital media manager for the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame, travel agent, and international instructor teaching children in China to speak English as a second language. She was my everything.". They come in on a high speed run, pull up and kick in the left rudder," Mastalka said. After seeing KFOR's film of the crash, Kingfisher County Civil Defense Director Danny Mastalka said the pilot executed what looked to him like a wingover turn. ", Witness describes what happened when plane crashed, killed in a Louisiana plane crash Saturday, the four other people killed in the crash, Plane that crashed in Louisiana, killing 5, didn't send distress call, NTSB says. A trail of aircraft pieces led northwest to the rest of the wreckage. He said someone in the helicopter with a cellular phone made the 911 call to report the crash. A resident, Alexis West, told CNN that the plane "was really low to the ground and shaking and it looked like it was coming to land... And then it just skidded through the parking lot at the post office and then exploded. Dover Police Chief Jerry Pittman said when he arrived at the crash site, the Channel 4 helicopter already had landed on the river's sandbar to help. Both pilots popped up over the old iron bridge on the county road two miles west of Dover. KWTV reporter Mike Carpenter, who was covering the story for his station, Channel 9, said plane crashes are the second-leading cause of death for television reporters, falling only behind heart attacks. The plane hit in shallow water on the south side of a sandbar. (CNN) Carley McCord, the sports reporter killed in a Louisiana plane crash Saturday, "smelled of raw talent" from birth, those who knew her said in an obituary ahead of her funeral this week. Pieces of the aircraft marked the impact spot. A few yards to the northwest, the plane's bent propeller sat on the sandbar. We're crying a lot. McCord, a sideline reporter and sports talk radio host covering the New Orleans Pelicans, Saints and other sports, was traveling on a private plane … The pilot was on the sandbar. Nancy Parker, known for covering New Orleans hard news with heart, dies in plane crash - Duration: 5:45. Air traffic control issued a low altitude alert when the plane reached 700 feet, Landsberg said. ", "In the stories of our lives, some things are handed to people, others like Carley have to roll up their sleeves and show some teeth,". OSU football: Five takeaways from Cowboys' 27-13 win over West Virginia, OU football: Five takeaways from Sooners' 38-35 loss over Kansas State. "I've seen crop dusters do the same maneuver. "Death is always hard for us to accept," Katsafanas said in a written statement. The station's helicopter was nearby in the air and had been filming the two Siai-Marchetti aerobatic planes. Bill Katsafanas, Channel 4's vice president and general manager, flew to the scene with Jones' husband. Other reporters milled around, talked quietly with each other, remembering all the times their assignments took them up in airplanes, to hostage situations or to shootings. Brorsen and The Associated Press contributed to this report. BIOG: Early in the day, Coach Ed Orgeron had told Ensminger that his daughter-in-law was one of five people killed in the crash of a small plane bound for Atlanta, where the Tigers defeated Oklahoma …