NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Four people were killed Sunday after two small planes collided at the North Las Vegas airport, authorities said.
The Federal Aviation Administration said a single-engine Piper PA-46 and a single-engine Cessna 172 collided around noon Sunday.
“Preliminary information indicates that the Piper PA-46 was preparing to land when it collided with the Cessna 172,” the FAA said in a statement. “The Piper crashed into a … field east of runway 30-right and Chesna fell into a retention pond.”
There were two people in each plane, and all four died, according to city fire officials.
The names, ages and hometowns of the victims were not immediately released.
The National Transportation Safety Board and the FAA will investigate the cause of the crash.
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