WASHINGTON — The third victim of a weekend plane crash in Indiana has been identified as a National Transportation Safety Board official from the D.C. area.
Paul Schuda was the third person aboard the plane that crashed in southeastern Indiana on Saturday night, according to a release from the Civil Air Patrol, an Air Force Auxiliary.
Schuda was the director of the NTSB Training Center in Ashburn, Virginia. Before being identified, he was described as the pilot and a family friend.
Also killed in the crash were Dr. Louis Cantilena, 65, and his daughter Amy, a medical student, according to the doctor’s employer, the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda.
The three had been flying in a single-engine Cessna from Kansas City, Missouri, to Frederick, Maryland, when the plane crashed in a wooded area near Oldenberg, Indiana, which is located between Indianapolis and Cincinnati.
A dog on the plane was also killed, but another dog did survive. It showed up at a nearby home and was taken to a local veterinarian, said Indiana State Police Sgt. Stephen Wheeles.
An investigation by Indiana State Police and the National Transportation Safety Board is ongoing.
The NTSB declined to comment.