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LAKE JACKSON, Texas ... After taking off, the [single engine] plane severed a series of power lines about two miles southeast of the airport, cutting power to customers in the Lake Jackson area, and then crashed into a field. The impact sheared off the plane's tail and folded back its wings.

"No pilot was found at the crash site," Lisa Block, a spokeswoman for the Texas Department of Public Safety, told the Houston Chronicle.

Investigators found tracks leading from the wreckage.

Heavy haze and fog limited visibility and may have contributed to the crash, authorities said.