Airplane crash claims two Virginians
The New York Post reveals that two men who died in a plane crash at MacArthur Airport were from Virginia. The men had been visiting friends in Long Island and were returning home when the tragedy occurred.
Christopher Kucera, 46, and Zachary Hatcher, 43, died after their single-engine Beechcraft Bonanza A36 went down shortly after taking off from the Ronkonkoma airport at around 6:15 p.m., Suffolk County police said.
Kucera, the pilot, was from Fredericksburg and his life partner, Hatcher was from King George County. CBS News reports the crash happened around 6:15 p.m. on Monday in Ronkonkoma. Kucer’s family said he learned to fly before he was 17 and died doing what he loved. The crash is under investigation.