A twin-engine Piper Aerostar went down in a field while on approach to the Springfield, IL, airport this afternoon killing three people and a dog.
The Sangamon County Sheriff says the airport tower and pilot recorded that the plane was having trouble due to the weather and the plane’s instruments prior to impact.
Sheriff Jack Campbell says no one was able to approach the plane at first due to the flames.
The FAA currently has control of the scene.
As soon as the FAA releases the scene, the Sangamon County Coroner’s Office will then be allowed to make a positive identification of the plane crash victims
The plane departed from Huntsville, AL.
