Plane crashes near airport in NC mountains on Saturday night, media outlets report
A small plane crashed at the Western North Carolina Agricultural Center in the mountain town of Fletcher on Saturday night, media outlets reported.
The plane crashed around 5:30 p.m., Spartanburg, S.C., station WSPA reported, citing Asheville Regional Airport Police.
The four people aboard the plane escaped without injury, Buncombe County Emergency Management officials told the station.
Multiple emergency crews responded to the crash, and medical professionals were checking those aboard, Asheville station WLOS reported. The plane wrecked in the center’s parking lot, according to WLOS. The center is near the airport.
Video taken by a man at the scene, Lucas Hensley, and posted on Twitter by WLOS, showed flames engulfing the plane and black smoke billowing skyward.
This story was originally published December 28, 2019 at 7:12 PM with the headline "Plane crashes near airport in NC mountains on Saturday night, media outlets report."