A small plane approaching an airport in poor weather near the Nebraska/Kansas border crashed this morning, killing two people on board.
The pilot, who had been in contact with air-traffic controllers seeking direction due to poor visibility, was relying on instruments to land the plane at Wray Municipal Airport, according to Mike Fergus, spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration’s Northwest Mountain Region.
Visibility in the area around the airport in Yuma County was two miles, and light snow had been falling this morning, according to the National Weather Service in Boulder.
The plane burst into flames when it crashed at about 7:30 a.m. It was an 11-seat 690C model multi-engine turbo-prop made by Gulfstream AM Corp., according to the FAA’s aircraft registration database.
David A. Miller, an attorney in Palmer, Texas, is listed as trustee for the company owning the plane.
He didn’t return phone calls.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
