FARMINGTON, Pa. — Investigators with the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board were expected to spend much of Saturday working through a plane crash site in Fayette County, Pa.
On Friday afternoon, a small private plane crashed soon after takeoff from the private airstrip at Nemacolin Woodlands Resort, located just north of the Mason-Dixon Line.
Two people were killed and a third person was critically injured, according to emergency officials.
WTAE Television in Pittsburgh was identifying those killed as Terry Carlson, of Kensington, Md., who was the pilot of the plane, and Jason Williams, 26, of Silver Spring, Md.
Carlson’s son, Erik Carlson, 27, of Rockville, Md., was being treated for burns at UPMC Mercy Hospital, WTAE reported.
Those on scene described the plane as a single-engine Beechcraft BE36 with available space for six passengers.
It crashed just after 2 p.m. Friday in a wooded area near Nemacolin’s golf course.
“Our thoughts and prayers are with all of those affected by this accident,” representatives with Nemacolin Woodlands Resort said in a statement.