Washington: A single-engine plane slammed into a field in Texas, killing two brothers from Bangalore along with their friend.
The single-engine plane slammed into a field in Hood County town of Tolar at 9.30 pm on Tuesday night, ending what was to be a fun trip to Stephenville for a barbeque, a Texas treat for Pratik Kalaichelvan who was visiting his brother in Arlington.
The right wing of the 1964 Beechcraft Bonanza hit the ground, and the single-engine plane tumbled, stated a National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigator.
US federal investigators, who are trying to find the cause of the plane crash said the four-seat aircraft was registered to the pilot, 26-year-old Casey Brinegar. He died along with his friend and fellow pilot Kartik, 22, and his brother Pratik, 19, who was planning to return to India shortly.
"The young pilot was looking for a place to land, I assume," said Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper Dub Gillum. "He did a fabulous job of not crashing into a house."
Friends reportedly said Casey Brinegar was a superb pilot and instructor at the Skymates flight school in Arlington, although Tuesday's flight was strictly for pleasure in Brinegar's personal plane.
Friends said Kartik Kalaichelvan learned to fly from Brinegar, and was accumulating flight time before returning to India to be a commercial pilot like his father.
An NTSB investigator said a preliminary report on the crash would be issued the following week.
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