The couple crashed in Scott County, Tenn. Vicki Maxwell died and David Maxwell was injured.
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Their daughter, Erin Patton, has spoken with her father about the crash. She believes rescuers tried their best to find the crash site but they were looking in the wrong area.
“They were about a mile in the wrong direction,” Patton said.
David Maxwell did everything he could to prevent the crash, Patton said, including sending an SOS that was received by the Scott County Airport.
He was trying to land the plane safely there when it crashed about two miles from the airport.
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