Saturday, May 2, 2026 -A small plane crashed among trees in Texas Hill Country, k!lling all five people aboard.
The crash occurred on Thursday night, April 30, in
Wimberley, a city about 40 miles (65 kilometers) southwest of Austin, Hays
County Judge Ruben Becerra said in a Facebook post.
The Federal Aviation Administration said the Cessna 421C
crashed around 11:25 p.m. with five people on board. It said the FAA and the
National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the crash.
The plane took off from Amarillo, Texas, about two hours
earlier and was headed to New Braunfels National Airport, according to the
flight history. Aerial photos posted online by the Austin American-Statesman
showed the aircraft destroyed in a wooded area.
Becerra said he would not release the names of the victims
until family has been notified.
He said a second aircraft traveling in the area landed
safely at the airport in New Braunfels, about 30 miles (50 kilometers)
northeast of San Antonio.
According to Air Traffic Control audio, one pilot said he
and the Cessna pilot were flying there together.
“I haven’t heard anything from him,” the pilot says on the
recording.
A controller responds: “He started to move erratically and
now his track is disappeared from the scope. So we want to make sure
everything’s all right with him.”
At least one pilot in the area confirmed the troubled
plane’s locator emergency device had emitted a distress signal. The controller
called 911.
According to the National Weather Service, it was mostly
cloudy in the New Braunfels area shortly before the crash but there was a
thunderstorm two hours later.
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