GREENFIELD — A twin-engine plane flying out of Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport crashed into a wooded area on the Greenfield-Leyden line Sunday afternoon, killing all three people on board, including a Southwick woman, according to a statement from State Police.
The Southwick woman was Frederika Ballard, 53, the president and lead instructor for Fly Lugu flight training school, which is based at Barnes and owned the airplane, according to State Police.
The others killed were William Hampton, 68, of Indian Orchard who was a flight instructor; and Chad Davidson, 29, of Woodstock, Connecticut, who was a student pilot, according to police.
