3 dead after plane flying to Hilton Head crashes in North Carolina pond, officials say
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Editor’s note: This article was updated to include new information about the people aboard the plane.
Two women and a man who were on a plane en route to Hilton Head died after it crashed Friday night in North Carolina, officials told a local news outlet Saturday afternoon.
The Cessena C182 aircraft crashed into Clifton Pond near Louisburg at about 7:20 p.m., an earlier Federal Aviation Agency statement said. It had taken off from Triangle North Executive Airport.
Dive crews were searching the pond for the pilot and two others late into the night Friday, an FAA spokesperson told WRAL. Emergency crews had said the search was likely a “recovery effort,” WTVD reported Friday.
The plane was still in the water Saturday, WNCN reported.
The FAA is investigating the crash and the National Transportation Safety Board will determine a probable cause for the accident.
The identities of the people who were on the plane have not been released.
This story was originally published March 2, 2019 at 8:42 AM.
