The Federal Aviation Administration said Saturday that the plane was a Beechcraft Bonanza that crashed near Pitt-Greenville Airport in North Carolina around 7:50 a.m.

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A weather alert was issued by the NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC on Sunday at 7:25 a.m. for strong thunderstorms until 8 a.m. The alert is for Rutherford Mountains, Greater Rutherford, Polk Mountains and Eastern Polk as well as Buncombe and Henderson counties.

At 10:06 a.m. on Sunday, the National Weather Service issued a wind advisory in effect until 8 p.m. for Northern Wayne and Southern Wayne as well as Susquehanna, Lackawanna, Luzerne and Pike counties.

The National Weather Service released a wind advisory at 10:03 a.m. on Sunday valid between noon and 9 p.m. for Warren, Hunterdon, Somerset, Middlesex, Mercer, Salem, Gloucester, Camden and Burlington counties.