Beech F33A Crashed On Takeoff From Airport Near Minneapolis A North Dakota state representative and the pilot of a small plane were killed after they crashed shortly after takeoff Saturday near Crystal Airport in a Minneapolis suburb. Family members confirm that North Dakota State Rep. Liz Conmy, D-Fargo, and her partner, Dr. Joseph Cass, a pilot and retired Mayo Clinic orthopedic surgeon, were killed when the Beech F33A went down in Brooklyn Park, Minn., and caught fire. Brooklyn Park Police Inspector Matt Rabe said officers were called at 11:51 a.m. to a report of a small plane crash in a park area. Emergency crews found the aircraft engulfed in flames after it crashed shortly after departing from Crystal Airport, north of Minneapolis. The Brooklyn Park Fire Department arrived within minutes and extinguished the fire, but there were no survivors.
