I know, weird. Why would they say the guy stole his own plane?
Because they're idiots. Or, was that a rhetorical question?
Has anyone actually confirmed that this was the plane that crashed?
The owner's name is Joseph Stack, but he lives in CA.
If the publicly posted "suicide note" is authentic, the pilot had a lot of problems with the IRS, and problems earning a decent income. It's unlikely he owned a plane.