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Flight instructor killed in North Little Rock plane crash

North Little Rock police on Friday identified the man who died in a small plane crash at the North Little Rock Municipal Airport on Thursday and the National Guardsman he was training. 

Doyle Reynolds, 56, of Jefferson was killed in the accident while he was conducting a "check-ride," or flight-training session, with Daniel Shure, 30, who was flying the aircraft at the time of the crash to obtain his air transportation license -- the highest-level pilot license under Federal Aviation Administration regulations.

The North Little Rock Fire Department said Shure, of Benton, Wash., had nonlife-threatening burns and was taken to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences for treatment Thursday.

Reynolds was a designated check airman and certified to pilot multi-engine aircraft for transport and single-engine aircraft for commercial purposes, according to the FAA registry. He was also a certified flight instructor with a 2014-issued license that expires May 31 of this year.

Harry Barrett, the owner of Barrett Aviation at the North Little Rock airport, said Reynolds was known for years by people who worked at the airport, though it had been awhile since he was known to do so-called check-rides there.

The Cessna 310 twin-engine aircraft -- a 1961 model -- was frequently rented out for training, Barrett said, and had seen heavy use in the past six months.