It’s been a year since aerobatic pilot Andrew Wright was fatally injured after his carbon fiber Giles 202 plane crashed during a practice flight on Aug. 28, one day before he was to perform at the New York Air Show at Stewart International Airport.
He was about two minutes into his routine when onlookers, mostly reporters and photographers there for media day, saw his plane go down into a nearby field.
His death is still under investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), but the preliminary report, consistent with photographs taken during the fall, says it was most likely due to the plane’s tail separating from the body. The tail was found about 1,500 ft. from the rest of the plane, the preliminary report says.
A representative for the NTSB could not give an estimate for when the investigation would be complete, but said they usually take up to a year and a half.
