LAKEWAY, Texas (AP) — A small plane crashed into a house bordering a golf course in suburban Austin and burst into flames Tuesday, killing the six people aboard. Three people inside the luxury two-story home escaped unharmed.
Two children — including one who was just 18 months old — their parents, a pilot and another person were killed after the twin-engine prop plane refueled and took off from Lakeway Airpark just before noon, Federal Aviation Administration spokesman John Clabes said.
The family was apparently from Edmond, Okla.; the pilot was from Oklahoma City, Clabes said. He did not know where the sixth person was from. He declined to release their names.
Texas Department of Public Safety spokeswoman Tela Mange said she did not know where the plane originated, but witnesses at the airport said it was headed to Oklahoma City.