NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — A flight instructor is dead after a student pilot from Maryland crashed a small plane Thursday afternoon in Newport News, Virginia.
It happened just after 3pm at the Williamsburg International Airport.
Virginia State Police say Oluwagbohunmi Ayomide Oyebode, 18, attempted to pull the aircraft up at too steep of an angle, causing the engine to stall in the air, leading it to dive and crash into a ditch.
Oyebode, who resides in Hanover, Maryland, suffered serious injuries and was flown to VCU Hospital in Richmond, Virginia.
The on-board flight instructor, identified as 23 year old Viktoria Theresie Izabelle Ljungman, of Williamsburg, Virginia, died on scene.
Another 18-year-old student who was aboard at the time of the crash was also injured.
The NTSB has not made any determinations about the cause of the October 6th crash of a Cessna 172 in Newport News, Virginia. An NTSB investigator responded to the accident site and has completed the on-scene phase of the investigation. A preliminary report, which will provide the factual information that has been developed at this early point in the investigation, is expected in about two weeks. The complete investigation to determine probable cause and any contributing factors is expected to take 12 to 24 months.
