{"id":113622,"date":"2026-05-01T14:15:58","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T14:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/05\/01\/5-killed-in-small-plane-crash-near-austin-texas\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T14:17:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T14:17:12","slug":"5-killed-in-small-plane-crash-near-austin-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/05\/01\/5-killed-in-small-plane-crash-near-austin-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"5 killed in small plane crash near Austin, Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"0\"\/>A small plane has crashed near Austin, Texas, killing all five people on board, according to a county official.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>Hays County Judge Ruben Becerra said in a Facebook post Friday that the incident happened Thursday night in Wimberley, about 40 miles (64 kilometers) southwest of Austin.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"5\"\/>Becerra confirmed that the aircraft involved was a Cessna 421C and said preliminary information showed it was flying at high speed when it crashed around 11 p.m.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"7\"\/>&#8220;All five people on board were killed,&#8221; the official said. He said the identities of the victims have not yet been released as authorities wait to notify their families.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"9\"\/>He also noted that a second plane operating in the same area landed safely near San Antonio.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"11\"\/>Becerra said federal agencies have taken over the investigation. &#8220;The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board have been notified and will lead the investigation into the accident,&#8221; he said.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A small plane has crashed near Austin, Texas, killing all five people on board, according to a county official.Hays County Judge Ruben Becerra said in a Facebook post Friday that the incident happened Thursday night in Wimberley, about 40 miles (64 kilometers) southwest of Austin.Becerra confirmed that the aircraft involved was a Cessna 421C and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":113623,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[6371,1070,709,309,1891,182],"class_list":{"0":"post-113622","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bible-news","8":"tag-austin","9":"tag-crash","10":"tag-killed","11":"tag-plane","12":"tag-small","13":"tag-texas"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113622"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113622\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":113624,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113622\/revisions\/113624"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}