Sister Of Student Pilot Killed In Crash Settles Case: Report

EAST HAVEN, CT - Nearly three years after her student pilot brother was killed in the crash of a small plane near Roses Farm and Silver Sands roads, the sister of Pablo Campos-Isona has settled a wrongful death lawsuit, the AP reported.

In February of 2017, the 31-year-old East Haven man was learning how to fly with now out-of-commission American Flight Academy when the Piper PA38 crashed. It was reported by the National Transportation Safety Board that Campos-Isona was running through so-called “touch-and-go” landings at Tweed New Haven Airport, flying the craft with instructor Rafayel Hany Wassef. Campos-Isona was killed. Wassef lived but suffered injuries.

The NTSB found a fuel selector valve failed and caused the engine to stall.

Campos-Isona’s sister Marie Matta-Isona of Orange sued American Flight Academy in a wrongful death action in New Haven Superior Court.

Read the complaint here.

Isona v. American Flight Ac... by Ellyn Santiago

The AP reported the settlement based on a court document filed Monday. The superior court’s online docket system only shows that a “remote trial management conference” slated for Wednesday and no other dates or subsequent file uploads. The AP reported the terms of the settlement were not disclosed.