Virginia Plane Crash: Two Killed When Cessna 210 Crashes Near Williamsburg [Video]

Williamsburg, Va. — Authorities say a husband and wife from Nebraska died Friday when their single-engine plane crashed in Virginia.

According to the Federal Aviation Administration, the crash happened at 4:53 pm near the Williamsburg-Jamestown Airport, where the a Cessna 210 aircraft was supposed to land.

The pilot of the plane, Joseph D. Brown, 54, and his wife and only passenger, Susan S. Brown, 52, both died at the scene. They also had a dog on board with them.

FAA spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen reported there were no injuries or damage to any property on the ground.

While the cause of the crash is currently still under investigation, a witness to the accident said he saw the plane when it first began to show signs of distress. He said the aircraft was coming in low and from the left

“I heard him pulling for power, trying to power up,” Herbert Gordon, a retired captain with the Williamsburg Fire Department, told the Hampton Daily Press. “The plane banked like it was coming into the airport, and it looked like the wind pushed it up. It’s wings were perpendicular to the ground.”

“All of a sudden, he just did a nose-dive,” Gordon added. “Then I heard a crash.”

Wavy10 News notes Brown was an experienced pilot, having clocked more than 4,300 flight hours in his background with the Air Force, mainly in B-1 and B-52. He also served combat time in operations Enduring and Iraqi Freedom.

His official title was Major General of the Eisenhower School at Fort McNair, a premier Department of Defense national security training school in Washington, D.C.

WTVR has more on the tragic Williamsburg, Virginia plane crash in the video below: