Personal Injury Law

Stunt Plane Pilot Crashes and Dies Before Air Show

By Jenny Albano

On Friday, September 7, a stunt plane crashed just hours before an air show. The pilot was practicing his stunts when the plane crashed; the pilot did not survive.

Jan Wildbergh, the flight leader with the Skytypers Air Show Team, died following the crash at the Oceana Naval Air Station.

The pilots in the show had just finished their routine and were landing when the last plane, No 6, crashed. A witness said that the plane flew into the ground while still under its own power. According to the team spokesman, the plane had no ejection system, and the plane was flying to low for him to try and escape with a parachute.

Full post as published by Norfolk-Portsmouth Personal Injury Lawyer on September 08, 2007 (boomark / email).