Pilot David Mack, 49, and his wife Katherine Mitchell, 45, both of Burlington, were pronounced dead at the scene on Sunday, according to a report in the
Florida Times-Union.
The couple was in a Piper PA-30 that had just taken off from the Fernandina Beach Municipal Airport. The plane turned around and was trying to return to the runway when it crashed about 4 p.m.
The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating.
Fernandina Beach is about 25 miles north of Jacksonville.
A similar incident involving a Piper aircraft occurred last week at Raleigh-Durham International Airport.
A man headed for Concord, N.C., reported engine trouble shortly after takeoff from RDU and was trying to return to the runway when he landed safely on Aviation Parkway.
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