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North Carolina Family of Four Killed as Private Plane Crashes Near Raleigh

Federal investigators have begun on-site examination of the Cirrus SR22T wreckage with a preliminary report expected in 30 days

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Overview

  • Travis and Candace Buchanan, both 35, and their children Aubrey, 10, and Walker, 9, died when their single-engine Cirrus SR22T went down Monday afternoon northeast of Sanford
  • Flight data indicate the plane departed Merritt Island, Florida, around 11 a.m., vanished from radar near Sanford shortly after 1:30 p.m., and was based at Raleigh Executive Jetport
  • The National Transportation Safety Board and Federal Aviation Administration are leading an on-site investigation and plan to transport the wreckage to a secure facility for detailed analysis
  • Investigators have set a 30-day deadline for a preliminary report and expect the final causal analysis to take up to two years
  • The tragedy has shaken the Sanford community where the Buchanans ran Buchanan Farms and their children attended Grace Christian School