A small aircraft went down late Wednesday morning near West Bonds Ranch Road and Thatcher Road, southeast of Hicks Airfield in Tarrant County, leaving behind a burnt-out wreck, downed power lines and a stretch of road cordoned off with red scene tape. The Fort Worth Police Department confirmed officers were on scene investigating the crash.
The small aircraft was seen just off the road and burnt out, according to CBS News Texas, which reported that power lines were also down on the grassy area where the plane was spotted. Emergency responders converged on the scene, and police tape was strung up to keep the area secure while the investigation got underway.
CBS News Texas identified the aircraft as a small kit plane built by Amigo Air Enterprises and registered to Plane Metrics LLC of Fort Worth. The outlet's report notes the single-engine, fixed-wing plane was built in 2000 and had been granted a valid certificate in May 2018 that was set to expire in May 2028.
What's Still Unknown
As of Wednesday, CBS News Texas said it was still working to get more information about what happened and that its report would be updated as new details emerged. The FAA said only the pilot was aboard the aircraft; the pilot's condition remains unclear.
A separate report on the same day described a notably different scenario: Fox 4 said two people were pronounced dead at the scene of a plane crash it placed in the 12700 block of North Saginaw Boulevard near Avondale around 1:30 p.m., involving what it identified as a King Air twin-engine aircraft that had departed Alliance Airport. That account, which also described at least 10 tractor-trailers catching fire and the Fort Worth Fire Department dispatching 10 fire trucks, 14 support vehicles and three ambulances before bringing the blaze under control in 35 minutes, differs from CBS News Texas's description of a single small kit plane burnt out near Hicks Airfield in both timing and aircraft type. It has not been verified whether the two reports describe the same incident.
A Familiar Patch of Sky for Small-Plane Trouble
Hicks Airfield is a public airport in unincorporated northwest Tarrant County that serves general aviation, according to NBC DFW. The area has seen aviation trouble before: in August 2023, a single-engine Cessna 400 crash-landed near the airfield, with the pilot walking away uninjured. The Tarrant County Sheriff's Office said at the time it had been called to the 10800 block of North Saginaw Boulevard near West Bonds Ranch Road at about 6 p.m., and the plane came to a stop just short of an area filled with brush.
No cause has been determined for Wednesday's crash, and the circumstances remain under investigation. CBS News Texas said its report would continue to be updated as more information becomes available.
