Family of 3 killed in small plane crash in Texas

A family of three were killed when their single-engine plane crashed in a field in the U.S. state of Texas in heavy fog Monday, local media reported. The crash happened early Monday near Amarillo, a city in west Texas, Amarillo Globe-News reported. The wreckage was found in a private field Monday morning after the heavy fog lifted. The Texas Department of Public Safety was notified several hours earlier that the plane had disappeared off radar, according to the report. Flight records showed the Beechcraft Bonanza took off from Lubbock Smith International Airport Sunday overnight. Visibility was poor then through Monday morning. Pat Rhodes, aviation director at Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport, said the plane was in contact with Albuquerque International Sunport air traffic control in New Mexico while trying to land at Tradewind Airport in Amarillo. After aborting the landing at Tradewind, the plane headed to Rick Husband International Airport, where it turned away from landing for an unknown reason. The plane then disappeared from the radar, Rhodes said. What caused the plane to abort the two landings was not immediately known. Killed in the crash were William Michael Capt, his wife Robin Lea Capt and their 19-year-old son, William Michael Capt II. The parents were 48 years old. The family was from Canyon, 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Amarillo. The US National Transportation Safety Board is reportedly in charge of the investigation.