A couple died in a plane crash at Lee Airport in Edgewater on Saturday while attempting to land a single-engine airplane.
State police identified the victims Sunday as Timothy Kramer, 49, of College Station, Texas, and Deborah Giant, 50, of Bryan, Texas.
Just after 5:30 p.m., the Cessna 210 airplane they were flying clipped the top of a few trees near the runway and crashed, police said.
The plane was found in a field behind a residence, a few hundred yards away from the runway. No fire was reported, and the plane was largely intact.
Kramer and Giant were pronounced dead at the scene of the second fatal accident reported at Lee Airport this year.
The first incident involved a different single-engine airplane, a Cirrus SR-22.
The plane was registered to DDT Aero Inc., a corporation in College Station, Texas, said Arlene Murray, a spokeswoman for the Federal Aviation Administration.
According to a flight plan, the plane took off from Warren County Memorial Airport in McMinnville, Tenn., Murray said.
Jim Fleenor, an attendant at the Tennessee airport, confirmed Sunday that the plane had taken off from there after stopping to refuel.
A New Jersey man attempting to land a single-engine Cirrus SR-22 airplane at Lee Airport crashed into a soybean field near the runway in July. Pilot Ralph Dilks died the next month from his injuries.
The National Transportation Safety Board will investigate Saturday?s crash to determine the cause. NTSB officials said the plane maintained radio contact as it approached Edgewater, but never put out a distress call.
The Associated Press contributed to this story.
