Five people were killed after a single-engine plane they were on board crashed in North Carolina while it was trying to land, officials said. On Saturday, at around 5:55 p.m. local time, a Cirrus SR22 plane crashed near the Wright Brothers National Memorial's First Flight Airport,

Five people - including a child and four adults - were killed in a Saturday plane crash in North Carolina, a spokesperson for the National Park Service said. The single-engine plane – crashed into the woods close to the Wright Brothers National Memorial’s First Flight Airport around 5pm, according to the National Parks Service in a press release.

NTSB and FAA records show the Cirrus SR22, built in 2023, belonged to Pantheon Aviation LLC with a residential address listed in Franklin, North Carolina.