The three victims of Sunday's plane crash in Leyden have been identified.
Reports say the twin-engine Beechcraft Baron took off from Barnes Airport in Westfield, just after 11 am, and crashed about 20 minutes later in the Leyden Wildlife Management Area.
Killed were 53-year-old Frederika Ballard of Southwick, 68-year-old William Hampton of Indian Orchard, and Chad Davidson, 29, of Woodstock, Connecticut.
Ballard was the owner of the Fly Lugu Flight School in Westfield; Hampton was a flight instructor with Davidson a student pilot.
The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the cause of the crash.
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