Kansas man killed in Missouri plane crash

BOONVILLE, Mo. – The pilot has died and three others are injured after the crash of a small plane near the Boonville, Missouri, airport.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol tells KMIZ that the pilot, Charles Sojka of Salina, Kansas, were killed in the crash around 9 a.m. Sunday. The three passengers were taken to University Hospital in Columbia. Their conditions weren’t known Sunday evening.

Tim Rogers of the Salina Airport Authority says Sojka was a flight instructor at Sojka Aviation. Rogers says the plane had left Salina earlier in the week and was on its way back from Boonville.

This story was originally published December 1, 2014 at 9:01 AM with the headline "Kansas man killed in Missouri plane crash."