William "Will" Roberts, AA4NC, of Apex,
North Carolina, was killed October 21 when a small plane he was piloting
crashed soon after takeoff. Both
Newsline and the ARRL Letter report that
Williams was an active contester, DXer and DXpeditioner as well as a musician
and a licensed commercial pilot. He competed in the first WRTC in 1990 and
returned as a judge for the 2018 competition in Germany. One passenger on
the plane was also killed; two children aboard were treated for injuries and
are expected to survive. A spokesman for the National Transportation Safety Board
told Newsline that it is too early in its investigation for a cause of
the crash to be known and that it will likely be a year or more before the
investigation is complete.
