Silver Spring residents among six dead in Outer Banks plane crash – NBC4 Washington

A Silver Spring, Maryland, resident was one of six people killed, including a child, when a small plane crashed in the Outer Banks on Saturday, authorities said.

Shashwat Ajit Adhikari of Silver Spring was among the dead, the National Park Service said in an update Monday. Adhikari was 31.

A single-engine plane crashed into a wooded area at Wright Brothers National Memorial First Flight Airport on the North Carolina coast Saturday evening, authorities said. Witnesses told officials the pilot was attempting to land at the time of the crash.

Video footage from NBC affiliate WAVY-TV shows charred debris in the forest.

Adhikari and four other people were on board, NPS said Monday: Jason Ray Campbell, 43, of Southern Pines, North Carolina; Kate McAllister Neely, 39, also of Southern Pines; Matthew Arthur Fassnacht, 44, of Marietta, Georgia; and a 6 year old child. Nobody survived.

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“National Park Service staff at Wright Brothers National Memorial, Cape Hatteras National Seashore and Fort Raleigh National Historic Site (Outer Banks Group) extend their deepest condolences to the families, friends and loved ones affected by this tragedy,” NPS officer David Hallac said in a statement.

The Wright Brothers National Memorial was closed Sunday and Monday, the National Transportation Safety Board determined.