Four people are dead after a plane crash near the Navasota Municipal Airport, according to law enforcement.
Grimes County Sheriff Don Sowell tells News 3 the four-seater aircraft is about a mile south of the airport in a wooded area. Two adults and two children are the victims.
In clarifying a timeframe for the crash, Sowell says the crashed plane was spotted shortly before 10:00 a.m. Sunday, but it is unclear when it went down, and that it's possible it crashed late Saturday night or early Sunday morning.
ATVs are being used to get to the crash site. Sowell says a CHI helicopter assisted in locating the aircraft. Numerous agencies are working together at the scene, including the Grimes County Sheriff's Office and DPS. The NTSB is en route as of late Sunday morning.
As of 11:30 a.m., crews were working to remove the bodies from the aircraft.
Navasota's airport is located off Highway 105 on the west side of the city.
No other information on the crash has been made available at this time.
According to KBTX's Pinpoint Forecast Team, in the late night and early morning hours, winds were sustained around 15 miles per hour, gusting to 20-25 from the south.
According to the latest statistics from AirNav.com, Navasota Municipal Airport averages 86 aircraft operations per week, with two-thirds of them being local general aviation, and rest being transient. Thirty-two aircraft are based at the field, all of them single engine, according to the latest numbers from AirNav.com.
This story will be updated as more details become available.
(Culled from www.kbtx.com)
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