FLORIDA — Police confirm the victim inside the plane, which crashed into the Gulf of Mexico today is 40-year-old Roy Halladay.
Halladay was flying his Icon A5, a two-person, single engine amphibian plane when the plane went down into the water about a quarter mile west of Ben Pilot Point in New Port Richey. No Mayday calls were made to Tampa Air Traffic Control. The 911 call came in at 12:06 pm. There was no one else on board the plane and Halladay died in the crash.
The Pasco Sheriff, FWC, Pasco Fire Rescue and the Coast Guard assisted in the recovery efforts.
The NTSB will now be taking over the investigation.
Halladay had been passionate about flying his entire life. Video shows him flying his ICON A5.
Roy Halladay donated the funds to purchase a K9 for the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office.
“He was a good friend to our agency and a charitable member of our community,” the Sheriff said in a statement. “We are grateful and blessed to have known this incredible friend. Our thoughts and prayers are with Roy’s family.”
Officials confirm retired MLB pitcher Roy Halladay killed in plane crash off Florida coast pic.twitter.com/gyK6xEKvVr
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