Crime & Safety
Plane Crash Kills Occoquan Man In Spotsylvania: Police
An Occoquan man was killed Friday morning when the small plane he was piloting crashed after takeoff at Shannon Airport, say police.
SPOTSYLVANIA, VA—An Occoquan man was killed Friday morning when the small plane he was piloting crashed after takeoff from Shannon Airport, according to Virginia State Police. Leonardo Ospina Villada was taken to a nearby hospital but died shortly thereafter.
Around 7:45 a.m., police went to the scene for a reported plane crash and found the aircraft. Investigators found that almost immediately after the fixed-wing, single-engine aircraft took off, it banked to the left and was caught by the wind, prompting the crash.
The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the incident.
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