The airplane involved in a
deadly crash near Coatesville, Pennsylvania,
had been the subject of an aircraft salvage YouTube channel that is now being reviewed by federal investigators.
The Gruman GA-7 Cougar airplane crashed shortly after it took off from Chester County Airport around 1:39 p.m. Thursday, killing the pilot, 65-year-old Sam Ganow.
The victim was a longtime member of the Octorara Area School District.
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Octorara Area School District School Board President Sam Ganow was killed when a small plane crashed Thursday in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
According to a group that calls itself ‘Rebuild Rescue,’ the aircraft had been purchased and rebuilt after a previous crash. The plane was the
subject of several YouTube videos
that documented how the plane was rebuilt and eventually flown.
“I have people back in Washington watching the videos that are still online,” said Brian Rayner, an NTSB investigator who was at the scene Friday.