Schrenker says he was troubled before plane crash

INDIANAPOLIS | A federal judge in Pensacola, Fla., has scheduled a hearing for Thursday on whether an Indiana money manager is competent to stand trial on criminal charges stemming from a plane crash.

Marcus Schrenker, a native of Merrillville, told "Good Morning America" in a telephone interview broadcast today that he "wasn't of sound mind" before parachuting from his plane and letting it crash in Florida in what authorities say was an attempt to fake his own death.

He said his plane crashed after hitting clear air turbulence.

Schrenker said in the ABC interview that he has had mental problems since 2007.

He was arrested at a Tallahassee, Fla., campground on Jan. 13, two days after officials say he put his plane on autopilot and bailed out to flee personal and financial problems.