Witnesses stated the crash occurred around 4:30 p.m. during the Wings Over Big South Fork Air Show at the Scott Municipal Airport in Oneida.
A family member confirmed that Jay Gordon, a pilot from Louisville, Ky., died when his L-39 Albatross, a fixed wing, single-engine aircraft, went down.
Witnesses said they saw Gordon's plane take a dive to do a trick. It never came back up.
The NTSB will investigate what caused the crash.
Aero L-39 Albatros
Aircraft model
The Aero L-39 Albatros is a high-performance jet trainer aircraft developed in Czechoslovakia to meet requirements for a "C-39" during the 1960s to replace the L-29 Delfín as the main training aircraft.
Wingspan: 31'
Length: 40'
Introduced: 1971
Unit cost: 200,000,000–300,000,000 USD
Manufacturer: Aero Vodochody
First flight: November 4, 1968
Number of seats: 2
