Man crashes plane after prosthetic leg got stuck in brake
A man who prosecutors said crashed a small plane in southeastern Virginia when his prosthetic leg got caught in the aircraft's brake pleaded guilty Tuesday to flying without a license.
Robert R. Gray Jr. entered the plea in federal court in Norfolk, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia said in a news release.
Gray, 55, has been around aviation for 40 years, buying and selling planes, and once had a student pilot certificate that has expired, court documents show.
Gray has a prosthetic leg and medical conditions that disqualified him from holding a pilot's license, prosecutors said.
On July 22, Gray crashed his 1972 Piper Aircraft at Umphlett Airstrip in Suffolk, according to court documents.