Small aircraft with 3 aboard crashes in field near Lancaster, FAA says
A small aircraft with three people aboard crashed into a field in North Texas on Monday, April 28.
A Beechcraft King Air crashed in a field near Lancaster Regional Airport at 730 Ferris Road, around 4:15 p.m., the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement.
Further details about the condition of the passengers was not immediately available.
The FAA is investigating the crash, according to the statement.
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