2 dead in fiery plane crash near Granbury High School

Two adults were killed Thursday evening shortly after their plane took off from Granbury Municipal Airport, Hood County Sheriff Roger Deeds said.

The plane crashed near the end of the runway near Granbury High School, he said. A freshmen football game was under way.

Late Thursday, Deeds said, investigators were trying to figure out who was in the plane and what happened, but it was likely that two men, a pilot and his passenger, were about 200 yards from the runway when the pilot had engine problems and tried to turn the plane around.

The single engine aircraft crashed and burst into flames about 7 p.m., said Lynn Lunsford, a spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration.

FAA investigators, the Texas Department of Public Safety and the National Transportation Safety Board were on scene. — Monica S. Nagy

This story was originally published September 24, 2015 at 10:22 PM with the headline "2 dead in fiery plane crash near Granbury High School."