WILLIAMS, Az. — Police in Williams, Arizona, say three people died in a small plane crash in the area on Tuesday, and ABC 10News has learned the aircraft was registered to an Otay Mesa business.
According to FlightAware.com, the Piper Fixed Wing single-engine plane, which was registered to First Flight Corporation, took off from the Brown Field Airport in Otay Mesa at 6:29 p.m. Sunday and landed in the Las Vegas area later that night. The flight tracking website indicates the plane had four more flights since then and was last seen near Kingman, Arizona, at 10:38 a.m. Tuesday.
According to the Williams Police Department, the plane had refueled at the H.A. Clark Memorial Airport and had just taken off before the crash. Authorities say the plane appeared to lose power after takeoff and went down in a nearby field. "A single-engine Piper PA-28 crashed after departing H.A. Clark Memorial Field Airport in Williams, Arizona, around 12:20 p.m. local time Tuesday," according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
Williams police confirmed there were three people on board the plane and none of them survived the crash.What caused the crash is still under investigation by multiple agencies, including the NTSB, FAA, Coconino County Medical Examiner’s Office, and the Williams Police Department."We can't say anything because this is still under investigation," the person who picked up the phone told 10News.