NEWBERG, Ore. — A 58-year-old Vancouver, Wash., man died after the ultralight aircraft he was piloting crashed during a landing attempt near Chehalem Airpark in rural Newberg on Monday, according to the Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office.
The sheriff’s office identified the pilot as Trevor Gray-Ingram. Yamhill Communications Agency was notified of the crash shortly before 4:30 p.m., and Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue and Dundee Fire Department responded along with the sheriff’s office. LifeFlight also responded, landing a helicopter near the airpark.
Gray-Ingram was the aircraft’s only occupant and had extricated himself before emergency responders arrived, the sheriff’s office said. He died from his injuries despite extensive efforts, according to the sheriff’s office.
The ultralight took off from the airpark and flew around the area before the crash, the sheriff’s office said. The aircraft went down in a privately owned field just off airpark property. No one else was injured, and no structures were damaged, according to the sheriff’s office.
The crash was witnessed and captured on video, which the sheriff’s office reviewed and turned over to the Federal Aviation Administration. A representative from the FAA and one from the National Transportation Safety Board responded to the scene.
This is the second recent Newberg plane crash. According to KATU News, 20-year-old Barrett Bevacqua was flying a light plane on October 3, 2023 with 22-year-old Hillsboro Aero Academy instructor Michele Cavallotti, both of whom died after losing control and spiraling through the air, crashing into a north Newberg home. Emily Hurd, 20, was the third passenger airlifted to a Portland-area hospital with critical injuries. Bevacqua had just passed his test to get his commercial license, according to the article.
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