Five family members have been killed in a plane crash in Georgia on Friday afternoon as they were traveling to a funeral in Indiana. The Putnam County Georgia Sheriff's Office said in a statement that the family was flying from Williston Municipal Airport, Florida, (IATA: none: ICAO: none: FAA LID: X60) to Newcastle Henry Municipal Airport, Indiana (IATA: none ICAO: KUWL: FAA LID: UWL) for a funeral. Sheriff Howard R. Sills said that he was sitting at his office desk when he "heard a loud explosion." Shortly afterward, his phone started ringing. It was a resident who said he "had seen a plane on fire in the air." Other residents also called him saying they had found debris from the aircraft in their yards. At about 3:30 p.m. Friday, a Piper 31T twin-engine turbo prop aircraft crashed in a densely wooded area around Eatonton in Georgia, police said. The National Transportation Safety Board said it is investigating the crash. It seams the aircraft experienced an inflight breakup northeast of Eatonton, Putnam County, Georgia and that weather may have been a factor to the incident. . The airplane was destroyed during the accident sequence. Flightaware information shows that while cruising at 25,000 feet, the aircraft entered a right turn then disappeared from the radar. An eyewitness captured a video of the plane falling from the sky, the plane was on fire they said. Larry Ray Pruitt, 67, pilot and owner of the aircraft, was killed in the crash alongside his daughter Jody Rae Lamont, 43, and her husband Shawn Charles Lamont, 41. Their children, Jayce Lamont and Alice Lamont, both 6-year-olds, were also killed in the crash.
Aircraft Information
Aircraft: Piper
Model: PA-31T Cheyenne
Registration: N135VE
Serial Number: 31T-7520024
Engines: P&W CANADA PT6A-135
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