Crime & Safety
High Winds Crash Plane at Leesburg Executive Airport
Small plane overturns, lone person in the aircraft uninjured, according to Virginia State Police.
A small airplane crashed at the Leesburg Executive Airport on Tuesday morning, according to Virginia State Police.
The lone person in the single-engine Cessna, Robert L. Bailey Jr., 52, of Fairfax Station, was not injured.
Heading from Manassas, Bailey was attempting to land at the Leesburg airport when a strong gust of wind caught the aircraft and forced it to crash off of the runway and overturn.
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The National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration were notified of the incident.
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