Massachusetts Plane Crash Kills Flight School Owner, Instructor, and Student

The twin-engine Beechcraft 55 Baron crashed shortly after takeoff from Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport, with the cause of the crash currently under investigation.

Fredrika Ballard, owner of Fly Lugu Flight School, flight instructor William Hampton, and student pilot Chad Davidson were killed in a plane crash in Massachusetts.
The plane, a twin-engine Beechcraft 55 Baron, took off from Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport and crashed near Leyden.
Emergency workers responded to calls from dog walkers in the Leyden Wildlife Management Area, where they found the wreckage and the bodies of the three victims.
Ballard, a second-generation pilot, frequently flew the ill-fated six-seater to various destinations across the region.
The National Transportation Safety Board has sent an investigator to the site and the cause of the crash is currently unknown.