Twin-engine plane crashes into a pile of fill dirt near McKinney Airport
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A small plane with three people on board crashed near the McKinney National Airport Thursday morning, officials say.
According to the McKinney police, the plane crashed along County Road 317 south of the airport.
Video from Texas Sky Ranger showed the broken plane upside down in a large mound of what appears to be fill dirt with pieces of the aircraft scattered over the pile.
The FAA confirmed to NBC 5 that three people were on board, but they could not confirm whether there were any survivors.
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A small twin-engine Cessna crashed into a large mound of dirt just southeast of the McKinney National Airport on Thursday, June 27, 2024.
According to FAA records, the plane is a 1980 twin-engine Cessna 414A owned by a hunger relief organization in Forney. It came down about 3,500 feet southeast of the north-south runway on land used by a company that provides fill dirt and concrete recycling.
Police said the investigation into the crash is in the preliminary stages and will eventually be transferred to federal agencies. The cause of the crash has not been confirmed.