Flight School Owner, Student Pilot Among Dead in Massachusetts Small Plane Crash

Flight School Owner, Student Pilot Among Dead in Massachusetts Small Plane Crash
Westfield Barnes Airport where Fly Lugu Flight School is located in Westfield, Mass., in August 2015. Google Maps/Screenshot via The Epoch Times
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BOSTON—The owner of a flight school and a student pilot were among three people who died in a small plane crash in a remote, wooded area of Massachusetts over the weekend, state police said Monday.

Fredrika Ballard, 53, of Southwick, Massachusetts, owned the Fly Lugu Flight School while William Hampton, 68, of Indian Orchard, Massachusetts, was a flight instructor. Chad Davidson, 29, of Woodstock, Connecticul, was a student pilot on the flight that crashed Sunday. They were the only occupants.