Flight Instructor, Pilot From South Florida Killed In North Palm Beach County Plane Crash

A flight instructor from a Pompano Beach-based flight school and a certified private pilot from South Florida have been identified as the two men who were killed Wednesday when the small plane they were flying crashed into a swampy lake at North Palm Beach County General Aviation Airport. Stephen Taylor, 59, of Hollywood, and Gojko Damjanic, 58, of Fort Lauderdale, were identified as the men who died by the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office Thursday afternoon. The Piper PA28 they were flying crashed off one of the runways and into the water shortly after 2 p.m.