WORCESTER, Mass. — A pilot who died when a single-engine plane crash on takeoff from a Massachusetts airport has been identified as a Connecticut man.
Worcester District Attorney Joseph Early says Putnam resident Gary Weller was the only person on the 1996 Mooney M20M when it crashed morning. The 66-year-old Weller was pronounced dead at the scene.
Early says the plane veered to the right after takeoff and crashed into woods on Worcester Regional Airport property.
Weller didn’t file a flight plan. Early says it’s unclear where Weller was planning to fly the plane.
The prosecutor’s office and the National Transportation Safety Board are among the agencies investigating the crash.