By Associated Press A pilot lost consciousness and the plane drifted into restricted airspace over the nation's capital, scrambling fighter jets that stayed with the small aircraft until it ran out of fuel and crashed Saturday into the Atlantic Ocean, the Coast Guard said. Crews searched the waters for the single-engine Cirrus plane, which crashed about 50 miles southeast of Chincoteague Island around 3:30pm along the Virginia coast, Coast Guard Petty Officer Nate Littlejohn said. The plane, registered to Ronald Hutchinson of Brookfield, Wisconsin, took off from Waukesha, Wisconsin, and was headed to Manassas, Virginia, which is about 30 miles southwest of Washington, National Transportation Safety Board spokesman Peter Knudson said.
@highlight
A pilot drifted into restricted airspace in Washington D.C. Saturday afternoon
@highlight
Fighter jets investigated and found the pilot had become unconscious
@highlight
They stayed with the plane until it ran out of fuel and crashed into the Atlantic
@highlight
The plane was registered to Ronald Hutchinson of Brookfield, Wisconsin
@highlight
The Coast Guard is searching for the wreck
A @placeholder helicopter found no sign of the plane before heading back for refueling.