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POLK COUNTY, Fla.<\/strong> – <\/span>One young man died Monday evening after his experimental, single-seater plane broke apart and crashed into a Polk County cow pasture.\u00a0<\/p>

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Aircraft crash response<\/h2>

What we know:<\/p>

It began as a fun evening for two young men planning to fly in formation. One pilot took off from Bartow, and the other departed from Lakeland.\u00a0<\/p>

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At about 7:54 p.m. Monday, authorities received a 911 call reporting that a plane went down.\u00a0<\/p>

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Firefighters reached the aircraft within five minutes, finding the wreckage in a cow pasture and woods about a mile west of Moore Road.\u00a0<\/p>

Experimental aircraft wreck<\/h2>

The backstory:<\/p>

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said during a news conference the surviving pilot told investigators that he wrote down the exact location where his partner disappeared.\u00a0<\/p>

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He reported seeing a piece come off the low-wing aircraft just in time to watch the plane come apart and crash straight into the ground.\u00a0<\/p>

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The experimental, single-seater plane is known to cruise at 200 mph.<\/p>

No one identified<\/h2>

What we don’t know:<\/p>

Authorities have not released the identity of the young man who died.\u00a0<\/p>

While the second pilot witnessed the plane come apart, investigators have not determined exactly what caused the fatal malfunction.<\/p>

Federal aviation investigation<\/h2>

What’s next:<\/p>

The National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration have been notified to help lead the crash investigation, while the Polk County Sheriff’s Office will handle the death investigation.<\/p>

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