5 killed in Texas plane crash, officials say
Five people died in a plane crash in Texas Thursday night, investigators said.
Hayes County Judge Ruben Becerra said first responders received a call about a plane crash in the Wimberley area, about 30 miles southwest of Austin, around 11 p.m. local time.
Fire and emergency services crews located the crashed Cessna 421C and the bodies of the five deceased passengers. Their identities were not immediately released.
KVUE – PHOTO: The crash site of a Cessna 421C on April 30, 2026, 30 miles southwest of Austin in Hayes County, Texas.
Stacey Rohr lives in a home near the crash site and told local reporters, including one from ABC affiliate KVUE, that the crash shook the neighborhood Friday morning.
“It felt like an earthquake,” he said.
Although the cause of the crash was not immediately determined, investigators said preliminary information indicates there was no mid-air collision.
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“Preliminary information indicates that the aircraft was traveling at a high speed at the time of impact,” Becerra said in a statement. he said.
According to the judge, the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board will handle the investigation.
KVUE – PHOTO: The crash site of a Cessna 421C on April 30, 2026, 30 miles southwest of Austin in Hayes County, Texas.
The NTSB said in a statement that the Cessna was destroyed in the fire that broke out after the impact. An investigator is on his way to the scene, according to the agency.
Preliminary flight data obtained by ABC News revealed that the plane took off from Amarillo, Texas, about 420 miles northwest of the crash site, and remained airborne for almost two hours before crashing.
