US EditionPlane Carrying Pickleball Players Crashes in Texas Hill Country, Killing All 5 on Board: Officials
Federal authorities are investigating after a Cessna 421C crashed in wooded terrain, and witnesses reported engine trouble and a distress signal.
- A small plane carrying pickleball players crashed among trees in Wimberley, Texas, on Thursday night, killing all five people aboard while traveling from Amarillo to New Braunfels National Airport.
- Dan Dyer, president of the Amarillo Pickleball Club, confirmed the victims were club members flying to a tournament, while a second aircraft from the group landed safely in New Braunfels.
- Local resident Cecil Keith reported hearing engine backfiring—"pow, pow, pow"—moments before the crash, as Air Traffic Control audio revealed a controller noting the plane moving erratically before disappearing from scope.
- Federal authorities are leading the investigation into the crash, Sergeant Billy Ray stated, while nearby resident Stacey Rohr described feeling "everything vibrate" as the plane went down in the woods.
- The National Weather Service reported mostly overcast conditions in the New Braunfels area shortly before the accident; Wimberley and New Braunfels, with populations of around 3,000 and approximately 116,000 respectively, are popular tourist destinations.
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Five members of a pickleball club who died after the small plane carrying them crashed in Texas are being mourned by a tight-knit community of fellow players.
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