Single-engine aircraft crashes at Texas windmill farm, killing pilot and passenger

A single-engine propeller aircraft crashed at a windmill farm 4 miles south of Christoval, Texas, killing the pilot and the passenger.

The crash occurred round midday native time Thursday close to the San Angelo Regional Airport, in keeping with the Federal Aviation Administration. Neither sufferer has been publicly recognized. 

The aircraft had left Jacksonville earlier within the morning, in keeping with WTLV-TV. The FAA mentioned the aircraft was approaching the airport when it “crashed under unknown circumstances.”

The pilot had contacted air site visitors management earlier than the crash, telling them, “We overshot it. … We got a problem!” in keeping with KIDY-TV. The nature of the issue was not specified.

Another pilot following the plane that crashed informed native information web site San Angelo Live that there have been sturdy winds coming from the east, which sped up the aircraft because it turned earlier than the crash.

The crash web site was “located approximately four miles south of Christoval on a ranch,” Texas Department of Public Safety Sgt. Justin Baker mentioned, KIDY-TV reported. The ranch is a windmill farm off of U.S. Route 277, in keeping with San Angelo Live. 

The National Transportation Safety Board is main the investigation into the crash, the FAA mentioned.