Yeager Crash

A woman who died when a small plane flipped and caught fire at Yeager Airport Saturday was a flight instructor who lived in Charleston, her friends say. Friends of Brenda Gilland Jackson confirm she died in the accident that also injured a man just after noon on Saturday. A Facebook profile for Jackson, which identified her as Brenda J. Gilland, said she went to Mount Hope High School, lived in Charleston and was self-employed. Jackson took her first flight lesson when she 14, according to a previous article in the Gazette.