Plane crashes into field, killing 3 in Levy County

WILLISTON, Fla. (WCJB) - Three people were killed when a plane crashed into a field in Levy County on Sunday evening.

Emergency crews responded to the small plane crash in a peanut field owned by Fugate Farms, southwest of the city of Williston.

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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) responded to the crash.

According to FlightAware, an aviation company, the plane was a twin-engine Beechcraft Baron 58P registered to a company out of St. Petersburg, Fla.

Records show the flight took off from an airport in Springfield, Ky., and planned to land at the Williston Airport. Instead of slowing as it approached the airport, the plane increased its speed and dropped suddenly.

The airport reported a thunderstorm in the area at the time of the crash.

Dana Wade, the owner of a neighboring farm, told TV20 the family of the victims reached out to her about the incident. They told her the victims were a father and son returning from a hunting trip.

“We’re used to hearing a lot of booms around here, guns going off, etc. So, when we heard a loud bang, we didn’t pay attention to it for the first minute or two until my son came running in. So, we went out front and saw a lot of flames, a lot of smoke, and at that time we could already hear sirens coming, so there was no need to call, but it was pretty bad,” Wade recounted.

NTSB investigators are working to determine the cause of the crash. This developing story will be updated when more details are learned.

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