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