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Benjamin J. Hummel, 33, of Woodbridge, Virginia, died at the
crash site in Catlett, 45 miles west of Washington, Virginia
State Police spokeswoman Corinne Geller said.
Witnesses said the fixed-wing Titan Tornado II appeared to be
experiencing engine trouble before it crashed at about 12:30
p.m., Geller said.
"Thanks to local residents providing witness accounts and
four-wheel drive vehicles, emergency responders were able to
successfully locate and access the remote crash site quickly,"
she said in a statement.
State police, Fauquier County Sheriff’s Office and Catlett’s
Volunteer Fire and Rescue Squad went to the site. The Federal
Aviation Administration is on the scene and the National
Transportation Safety Board has been notified, she said.
State police are still in the process of notifying the pilot’s
next of kin, and the cause of the crash is being investigated.
(Reporting by John Clarke; Editing by Sharon Bernstein, Leslie
Adler and Clarence Fernandez)
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