Update: Small plane crash in Hillsboro

At 3:09 p.m. Thursday March 4, Virginia State Police were notified of a plane crash in the 35000 block of Charlestowne Pike in western Loudoun County community of Hillsboro. 

With the assistance of the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office, the aircraft was located in a wooded area of a field. The 1979 fixed-wing, single-engine Beech aircraft had taken off just moments before from a nearby private airstrip. The pilot, and only occupant of the aircraft, William Krens, 77, of Hillsboro, Va., died at the scene.

The FAA and NTSB were notified. The cause of the crash remains under investigation at this time.