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20th April 2013, 10:03 AM
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Two people died when a single-engine Cessna plane crashed in Williamsburg, Virginia, FOX43 TV is reporting.
The plane went down in a wooded area around 50 yards from the Williamsburg Landing subdivision near the Williamsburg/Jamestown Airport, according to FOX43.
Investigators initially confirmed one fatality due to the impact, and said there was no fire when the crash happened shortly before 5 p.m., FOX43 reported.
A second passenger, a woman, was confirmed dead later in the evening.
The family pet also died in the crash, FOX43 reported.
The names of the victims have not been released.
According to WUSA9, the Federal Aviation Administration said the plane was a Cessna 210, and that as the plane lined up for a final approach, the pilot flew across the airport and landed on a field for unexplained reasons.
http://www.businessinsider.com/cessna-crash-near-williamsburg-va-2013-4
Turns out, the plane belongs to a one MAJOR GENERAL JOSEPH D. BROWN IV.
A decorated combat vet, with over 4300 TT in a variety of aircraft, including the B-1 bomber.
Maj. Gen. Joseph D. Brown IV is Commandant, The Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy, National Defense University, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C. The Eisenhower School is the premier Department of Defense Joint Professional Military Education institution for national security resource management. The college prepares selected military officers and civilians from the Department of Defense, government agencies, more than 20 foreign countries, and the private sector for senior leadership positions. The college awards its graduates a Master of Science degree in national resource strategy.
General Brown was commissioned in 1980 as a distinguished graduate of the ROTC program at the Virginia Military Institute. He has commanded at the squadron, group, and wing levels, as well as holding various joint and Air Staff positions. His joint experience includes time as the senior military assistant to the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy in the Office of the Secretary of Defense; the executive officer to the Supreme Allied Commander Europe; and as Deputy Commander of the NATO Combined Air Operations Center in Eskisehir, Turkey.
Prior to assuming his current position, he served as the Deputy Director for Nuclear Operations, U.S. Strategic Command, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. In this capacity, he was the principal adviser to the commander on issues pertaining to strategic deterrence and nuclear operations and was responsible for management and oversight of the nuclear enterprise overseeing personnel, procedural, equipment, communications and facility requirements supporting the nuclear command and control system. The general is a command pilot with more than 4,300 hours, primarily in the B-1 and B-52, including combat time in operations Enduring and Iraqi Freedom.
A witness to the crash stated to reporters:
"I was on my way back from a delivery and saw the plane low overhead," Jakubos said. "It looked like it was having trouble, flying on its side. I could see the top of it. Then it turned upside down, and nose-dived straight down."
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=N111BK
Two people died when a single-engine Cessna plane crashed in Williamsburg, Virginia, FOX43 TV is reporting.
The plane went down in a wooded area around 50 yards from the Williamsburg Landing subdivision near the Williamsburg/Jamestown Airport, according to FOX43.
Investigators initially confirmed one fatality due to the impact, and said there was no fire when the crash happened shortly before 5 p.m., FOX43 reported.
A second passenger, a woman, was confirmed dead later in the evening.
The family pet also died in the crash, FOX43 reported.
The names of the victims have not been released.
According to WUSA9, the Federal Aviation Administration said the plane was a Cessna 210, and that as the plane lined up for a final approach, the pilot flew across the airport and landed on a field for unexplained reasons.
http://www.businessinsider.com/cessna-crash-near-williamsburg-va-2013-4
Turns out, the plane belongs to a one MAJOR GENERAL JOSEPH D. BROWN IV.
A decorated combat vet, with over 4300 TT in a variety of aircraft, including the B-1 bomber.
Maj. Gen. Joseph D. Brown IV is Commandant, The Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy, National Defense University, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C. The Eisenhower School is the premier Department of Defense Joint Professional Military Education institution for national security resource management. The college prepares selected military officers and civilians from the Department of Defense, government agencies, more than 20 foreign countries, and the private sector for senior leadership positions. The college awards its graduates a Master of Science degree in national resource strategy.
General Brown was commissioned in 1980 as a distinguished graduate of the ROTC program at the Virginia Military Institute. He has commanded at the squadron, group, and wing levels, as well as holding various joint and Air Staff positions. His joint experience includes time as the senior military assistant to the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy in the Office of the Secretary of Defense; the executive officer to the Supreme Allied Commander Europe; and as Deputy Commander of the NATO Combined Air Operations Center in Eskisehir, Turkey.
Prior to assuming his current position, he served as the Deputy Director for Nuclear Operations, U.S. Strategic Command, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. In this capacity, he was the principal adviser to the commander on issues pertaining to strategic deterrence and nuclear operations and was responsible for management and oversight of the nuclear enterprise overseeing personnel, procedural, equipment, communications and facility requirements supporting the nuclear command and control system. The general is a command pilot with more than 4,300 hours, primarily in the B-1 and B-52, including combat time in operations Enduring and Iraqi Freedom.
A witness to the crash stated to reporters:
"I was on my way back from a delivery and saw the plane low overhead," Jakubos said. "It looked like it was having trouble, flying on its side. I could see the top of it. Then it turned upside down, and nose-dived straight down."
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=N111BK