An investigation showed that the plane crashed on takeoff after clipping a pecan tree at the end of the runway.

A number of pecan tree limbs were torn down, though relative to the overall pecan production for the state these losses were negligible.

How easily you can imagine the descent into the canyon, the sugarberry and pecan trees leading down to the pristine creek.

Timber and pecan trees are splayed across the ground.

Pecan trees may live and bear edible seeds for more than 300 years.