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William Krens, 77, of Hillsboro, died after his 1979 fixed-wing, single-engine Beech aircraft crashed in a wooded area near the 35000 block of Charles Town Pike near the West Virginia border.
Virginia State Police said Krens, the pilot and sole occupant, had taken off just moments before from a nearby private airstrip.
The FAA and NTSB were notified. The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
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A man was killed when his plane crashed shortly after takeoff. (Photo courtesy of Virginia State Police)
LOUDOUN COUNTY, VA A single-engine plane crashed in Loudoun County on Thursday. The pilot of the plane died when it crashed on a farm in Purcellville, according to a news release from the Virginia State Police.
Authorities identified the pilot as William Krens, a 77-year-old resident of Hillsboro, Virginia. Krens was the only person aboard the plane when it crashed, police said.
On Thursday afternoon, Krens took off from a private airstrip in a 1979 fixed-wing single-engine Beech aircraft. The plane crashed just moments after takeoff, according to a release from the authorities.