Death
Around 2:15PM EST at the Vectren Dayton Air Show at the Dayton International Airport, LeRoy crashed his S2S Bulldog II, while in performance with the X-Team Codename: Mary's Lamb aerobatics team. Initial indications show that he was performing a 1/2 Cuban 8 and snap rolls on the 45 degree down line, but recovered too low to the ground to pull out. He hit the runway at 200 mph (although he hit horizontally, equal to around 75 miles an hour); the plane slid and burst into flames. LeRoy was pronounced dead in a military MEDEVAC helicopter while in transit to Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, Ohio. The coroner's report states that LeRoy died on impact due to a fracture of his neck, but that he also was badly burnt.. The National Transportation Safety Board ruled that the probable cause of the crash was the pilot's failure to maintain clearance from terrain.
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