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Five members of pickleball club killed in Texas plane crash

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Five members of pickleball club killed in Texas plane crash
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Five members of pickleball club killed in Texas plane crash

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  • The Washington Times·May 2

    Five members of pickleball club killed in Texas plane crash

    Five members of a pickleball club in Texas died Thursday night when the Cessna 421C plane they were on crashed. The plane crashed in Wimberley, Texas, 47 miles northeast of San Antonio at around 11:25 p.m. local time Thursday, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement. The victims were Brooke Skypala, Glen Appling, Hayden Dillard, Seren Wilson and Stacy Hedrick, per a Facebook post from the Amarillo Pickleball Club, which they were members of. The club, based in Amarillo, Texas, 334 miles northwest of Dallas, said they were on their way to a pickleball tournament. Officials have not specified which of the victims was flying the plane, which caught fire after hitting the ground. “The pilot and four passengers on board were pronounced deceased on scene. The plane did catch fire. That would indicate some pretty severe damage to the plane,” Texas Department of Public Safety Sgt. Billy Ray told KXII-TV. Stacy Rohr, a nearby resident who did not realize the incident was a plane crash until the next day, told the Austin American-Statesman that she heard the sound and “was like, ’What in the world is that?’ So I sprang up, came out, and looked over, and it

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·May 2

Pickleball community mourns fellow players killed in Texas plane crash | AP News

Five members of a pickleball club who died after the small plane carrying them crashed in Texas are being mourned by a tight-knit community of fellow players.The Texas Department of Public Safety confirmed Saturday that Justin Appling, Hayden Dillard, Brooke Skypala, Stacy Hedrick and Seren Wilson were on board the Cessna 421C that crashed Thursday night in Texas Hill Country. Appling was the pilot. The aircraft had departed from Amarillo and was heading to New Braunfels National Airport. It crash-landed in Wimberley, a city about 40 miles (64 kilometers) southwest of Austin, the Texas Department of Public Safety said. The Amarillo Pickleball Club posted on its social media that the victims were members on their way to a pickleball tournament in New Braunfels. Teammates who became more like familyDillard and Appling, who went by the nickname Glen, were the owners of a manufactured home dealer in Amarillo. The business announced early Friday that it would be closed until Monday.Sarah Lister got to know Dillard and Appling during pickleball tournaments and described them as both genuine people. She said Appling was always making them laugh and Dillard was an amazing businesswoman and mother.She said Dillard has two daughters, one of whom