6 on board Cessna that crashed in North Carolina; NASCAR’s Greg Biffle said to own plane

A private jet crashed Thursday morning at a North Carolina regional airport and the wreckage burst into flames.

WSOC reported that a Cessna C550 business jet crashed as it was trying to land at Statesville Regional Airport, the Federal Aviation Administration confirmed.

Update 2:26 p.m. ET, Dec. 18: The FAA and local officials have said that six people were killed on the flight, WSOC reported.

Update 2:02 p.m. ET, Dec. 18: The FAA said six people were on board the plane and that there were multiple deaths, The Associated Press reported.

Update 1:10 p.m. ET, Dec. 18: The crash happened at the end of a runway, the airport director said. But John Ferguson said during a brief news conference that they have “no information on any cause,” CNN reported.

WSOC noted that there was fog at the time of the crash, but officials have not said if that contributed to the crash. Weather conditions are being investigated.

According to Flight Aware data, the plane took off from Statesville Regional Airport at 10:06 a.m., flying west before turning around to return to the airport and crashing before 10:30 a.m. The plane did not get higher than 2,000 feet, CNN reported. A flight plan was filed that showed the plane going from Statesville to Sarasota Bradenton International Airport to Treasure Cay, then from Treasure Cay to Fort Lauderdale before a planned return to Statesville.

The airport is uncontrolled and does not have a control tower. Pilots self-report their position at and near the airport using a common radio frequency, CNN said.

Update 12:24 p.m. ET, Dec. 18: The Iredell County Sheriff’s Office said that people were killed, but did not say how many, WSOC reported.

Original report: A witness told WSOC that the plane was “way too low” before crashing.