Virpi Crosby, 35, hit her head on a GPS unit in the aircraft, according to Maryland State Police, and a state police helicopter crew flew her to the Prince George’s Hospital Center. Police said the woman’s injuries were not life-threatening, and hospital staff said Monday that Crosby was not listed as a patient that day at the medical facility.
One of the wheels on the Bellanca Super Viking single-engine plane got loose from its chock, a state trooper said Monday, while the engine was running.
“The plane pivoted on the one wheel that was locked,” the trooper said, and a wing hit the hangar door.
A second occupant of the aircraft declined medical treatment, according to the St. Mary’s public safety office, during the response to a 1:49 p.m. dispatch by Hollywood fire and rescue volunteers, Bay District and Patuxent River firefighters and Lexington Park rescue crews. Crosby was conscious and breathing at the scene. The state police helicopter is based at the airport.
Bridget Serchak, a public affairs officer with the National Transportation Safety Board, reported Monday that the agency will not investigate the accident, as the Federal Aviation Administration determined that there was no “intention for flight” by the plane’s occupants who were merely “running the engine.”
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