that the blaze burned an acre of vegetation and was contained around 5:35 a.m. Local news outlets showed images of charred wreckage through a thick fog.
No passenger identities or other details of the crash were released. The NTSB statement said five investigators were heading to the scene, adding that it was too early to determine potential causes. The Federal Aviation Administration also is investigating.This was the second fatal crash at the airstrip in a week.
Last month, a Cessna Citation took off from Tennessee and veered off course en route to New York, with its pilot unresponsive. Authorities scrambled fighter jets to intercept the plane, causing a sonic boom that reverberated across the D.C. area. The plane crashed near Montebello, Va.,