Flight instructor identified in Vero Beach plane crash
Monday, March 8th, 2010 by TCPalm.comA flight instructor injured in Friday’s plane crash was identified by federal officials Monday and has been released from a local hospital.
James K. Ross was treated at Lawnwood Regional Medical Center and Heart Institute in Fort Pierce after the crash. His student, Avinash Kumar, remained Monday at Holmes Regional Medical Center in Melbourne.
A crash investigator for the National Transportation Safety Board identified the men Monday.
When the Piper Seneca crashed into a tree south of 12th Street near 34th Avenue in the Sun Villas subdivision, Ross and Kumar were conducting touch-and-go maneuvers, where the plane lands and then pulls up, Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen said.
This story will be updated with more information when it becomes available.
WPTV reporter Bryan Garner contributed to this report.


Subscribe to TCoastTalk's RSS Feed

Browse the photo galleries here

