Famed stunt pilot dead after plane crash at Langley Air Force Base, NTSB investigating

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is investigating aft an "experimental" craft crashed connected Thursday day astatine Langley Air Force Base, sidesplitting a celebrated aerobatic aviator adjacent Hampton, Virginia.

Langley Air Force Base officials told Fox News Digital archetypal responders were astatine the country arsenic of 2:10 p.m. However, authorities person yet to corroborate immoderate injuries oregon fatalities.

A connection posted to Rob Holland's Facebook leafage identified him arsenic the aviator and confirmed his death.

Holland acceptable records for 12 consecutive wins astatine the U.S. National Aerobatic Championships, 5 satellite Freestyle Aerobatic Championships, and the International Council of Airshows prestigious Art Scholl Award for Showmanship — the highest grant an airshow aviator tin receive. 

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Rob Holland died successful a level clang connected Thursday astatine Langley Air Force Base successful Virginia, according to a connection connected his Facebook page. (Rob Holland Aerosports via Facebook)

Holland had been flying astatine airshows for much than 2 decades.

"It is with the heaviest of hearts that I americium sharing that Rob Holland mislaid his beingness today, 24 April 2025, successful an mishap astatine Langley AFB, VA," according to the statement. "Rob was 1 of the astir respected and inspiring aerobatic pilots successful aviation history. Even with an perfectly awesome database of accomplishments, some successful classical contention aerobatics and wrong the aerial amusement world, Rob was the astir humble idiosyncratic with a singular extremity to simply beryllium amended than helium was yesterday. … Never ever springiness up connected your dreams. Blue skies."

Officials confirmed a level clang astatine Langley Air Force Base connected Thursday. (Kaitlin McKeown/Daily Press/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

Holland was scheduled to alert astatine the Hampton Roads airshow astatine Joint Base Langley-Eustis connected Saturday and Sunday, according to his website.

He would person joined the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, ACC F-22 Demo Team and the U.S. Air Force Heritage Flight, on with different performers.

The origin of the clang is chartless astatine this time, and is nether probe by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), NTSB and Department of Defense, according to the statement.

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The NTSB confirmed the craft was an MX Aircraft MXS.

"The information and information of our unit and the section assemblage are our apical priorities," Langley Air Force Base officials told Fox News Digital. "The incidental is presently nether investigation."