LOUISA -
Updated Tuesday, March 9th at 4:45 p.m.
The Medical Examiner identifies pilot in Louisa County plane crash as 62-year-old James Youngquist. Youngquist died when he crashed his plane into the front yard of a home in Louisa last week. The cause of death has been determined to be blunt force trauma to the chest.
Youngquist made a fuel stop at Freeman Field in Louisa last Thursday while en route to Danville from Manassas when he crashed.
Witnesses describe the plane's wings tipping vertical to the ground then rapidly descending until it hit the ground off Jefferson Highway.
Updated Friday, March 5th at 4:00 p.m.
Investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board are on the scene where a plane crashed into a Louisa County home Thursday.
The NTSB is there documenting the wreckage and preparing to move the plane to a secure facility in Clayton, DE.
In a news conference held at 3:00pm from the site of the crash, Robert Gretz with the NTSB says there are three areas where they focus their investigation after a plane crash: the pilot, the machine and the environment.
The agency will look into the experience of the pilot, the maintenance background of the plane and weather conditions at the time of the crash. Although the investigation will take six to 12 months to complete, a preliminary report will be posted on the NTSB's website in the next few days.
Investigators say witness are reporting that the plane didn't sound right from the moment it took off, and they saw smoke coming from the right engine.
The medical examiner's office in Richmond says it won't identify the victim until Monday.
Updated- Friday, March 5th at 1:30 p.m.
NTSB officials say the plane had no data flight recorder and today is day one of an investigation that typically takes between 6-12 months. First, investigators must document the scene and snap pictures to see what landed where and what was destroyed by the fire.
The NTSB is contacting an insurance company based in Delaware to remove the wreckage. That company will store the charred plane for years.
The NTSB will hold a press conference today at 3 p.m. We will stream it live right here on www.wtvr.com.
Updated- Thursday, March 4th at 6:00 p.m.
The pilot is dead after a small plane crashes into a Louisa County home shortly after refueling Thursday afternoon.
The victim was at the controls of a 1981 Cessna when he stopped at the Louisa County Airport, departed and then crashed about a quarter of a mile away into a home on Jefferson Avenue. The person inside of the home when the plane crashed was shaken up, but otherwise okay.
People who lived down the street felt the vibration on impact.
The Medical Examiner identifies pilot in Louisa County plane crash as 62-year-old James Youngquist. Youngquist died when he crashed his plane into the front yard of a home in Louisa last week. The cause of death has been determined to be blunt force trauma to the chest.
Youngquist made a fuel stop at Freeman Field in Louisa last Thursday while en route to Danville from Manassas when he crashed.
Witnesses describe the plane's wings tipping vertical to the ground then rapidly descending until it hit the ground off Jefferson Highway.
Updated Friday, March 5th at 4:00 p.m.
Investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board are on the scene where a plane crashed into a Louisa County home Thursday.
The NTSB is there documenting the wreckage and preparing to move the plane to a secure facility in Clayton, DE.
In a news conference held at 3:00pm from the site of the crash, Robert Gretz with the NTSB says there are three areas where they focus their investigation after a plane crash: the pilot, the machine and the environment.
The agency will look into the experience of the pilot, the maintenance background of the plane and weather conditions at the time of the crash. Although the investigation will take six to 12 months to complete, a preliminary report will be posted on the NTSB's website in the next few days.
Investigators say witness are reporting that the plane didn't sound right from the moment it took off, and they saw smoke coming from the right engine.
The medical examiner's office in Richmond says it won't identify the victim until Monday.
Updated- Friday, March 5th at 1:30 p.m.
NTSB officials say the plane had no data flight recorder and today is day one of an investigation that typically takes between 6-12 months. First, investigators must document the scene and snap pictures to see what landed where and what was destroyed by the fire.
The NTSB is contacting an insurance company based in Delaware to remove the wreckage. That company will store the charred plane for years.
The NTSB will hold a press conference today at 3 p.m. We will stream it live right here on www.wtvr.com.
Updated- Thursday, March 4th at 6:00 p.m.
The pilot is dead after a small plane crashes into a Louisa County home shortly after refueling Thursday afternoon.
The victim was at the controls of a 1981 Cessna when he stopped at the Louisa County Airport, departed and then crashed about a quarter of a mile away into a home on Jefferson Avenue. The person inside of the home when the plane crashed was shaken up, but otherwise okay.
People who lived down the street felt the vibration on impact.
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