CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) – Emergency crews responded to a plane crash at the Hampton Roads Executive Airport in the 5100 block of West Military Highway in Chesapeake Friday afternoon.
An investigation revealed that the plane was came in and experienced a hard landing, which caused the plane to shoot 20 feet back up in the air. As the plane came back down, the left wing clipped the ground. The propeller was then destroyed by the ground causing the plane to spin around.
A witness who watched the entire incident unfold ripped open the door and pulled the pilot out of the plane (hear from him in the above video). The pilot suffered minor injuries.
