PILOT REMAINS IN CRITICAL CONDITION

THE 70 YEAR OLD PILOT OF A SMALL PLANE THAT CRASHED NEAR CORRECTIONVILLE SATURDAY NIGHT REMAINS HOSPITALIZED IN CRITICAL CONDITION.

GAYLEN KNAACK OF CORRECTIONVILLE IS HOSPITALIZED AT ST. ELIZABETH'S BURN CENTER IN LINCOLN, NEBRASKA.

TWO PASSENGERS, 53 YEAR OLD LEE WILLIAM SCHROEDER OF OTO AND 55 YEAR OLD JAMES DEAN SMITH OF CORRECTIONVILLE DIED IN THE CRASH .

KNAACK WAS FLYING FROM GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA AND WAS TRYING TO LAND AT A SMALL AIRSTRIP IN DENSE FOG WHEN THE PLANE CRASHED.

THE INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN TAKEN OVER BY THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION AND THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD.