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Monday, Oct. 20, 2008 | 11:05 a.m.
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The pilot of a homemade, single-engine, low-wing airplane that crashed in the southwestern Utah desert Saturday has been identified as William "Bill" Phillips of Las Vegas, the Iron County Sheriff's Office said.
Phillips' wife, Janice, was in critical condition with numerous broken bones.
The aircraft was owned by High Performance Wings LLC. The plane did not burn. Wreckage was strewn over the desert near Parowan Airport north of Cedar City, the sheriff's office said. Investigators said they believe the crash was caused by mechanical failure.
The National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration are investigating the crash.
Phillips worked as a health physicist for the federal Environmental Protection Agency's laboratory in Las Vegas and had retired.
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