Overview
- Five people died when a twin-engine Cessna 421C went down in wooded terrain near Wimberley around 11 p.m. Thursday.
- The aircraft departed Amarillo bound for New Braunfels for a pickleball tournament, and the Amarillo Pickleball Club said the passengers were members.
- Air traffic control audio captured reports of erratic maneuvers, a disappearing radar track, and an emergency locator alert before the wreck.
- Preliminary findings cite a high-speed impact and a post-impact fire, and officials reported no sign of a mid-air collision as a second nearby plane landed safely.
- The FAA and NTSB are leading the investigation and will analyze wreckage, weather reports of low clouds and rain, and recorded communications to establish the cause.