At Least One Person Dead in Fiery Small Plane Crash in South Carolina Beach Resort

At Least One Person Dead in Fiery Small Plane Crash in South Carolina Beach Resort
Emergency personnel respond to a single-engine plane crash in the area of Barefoot Landing, in North Myrtle Beach, S.C., on July 2, 2023. Terri Richardson/The Sun News via AP
The Associated Press
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NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.—A single-engine plane carrying five people crashed Sunday near a golf course in the South Carolina coastal resort community of North Myrtle Beach, killing at least one person, police and federal officials said.

The Piper PA-32 went down northwest of the city’s Grand Stand Airport shortly after 11 a.m., the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said in a statement that confirmed five people were aboard.