Klein Fire Department via Facebook
Two people died in a plane crash outside Hooks Airport near Tomball, Texas, on Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025.
Two people were killed Sunday afternoon when a small plane crashed near an airport north of Houston, according to local authorities.
The pilot of a Cessna 340, along with a lone passenger, died in the fiery crash just south of Hooks Airport near Tomball, according to a social media post by the Klein Fire Department, which said there were no survivors.
The twin-engine plane had recently departed the airport after refueling, the fire department wrote in its post.
“Shortly after takeoff, the pilot reported complications and initiated a return to Hooks,” the fire department wrote. “However, the aircraft crashed in an open field just south of a runway.”
Klein Fire Department via Facebook
A twin-engine airplane crashed in a field outside Hooks Airport near Tomball, Texas, on Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025, killing the pilot and passenger on board, according to the Klein Fire Department.
Sgt. Richard Standifer of the Texas Department of Public Safety identified the two people on board the plane as an “older man” and an “older woman,” saying they had departed for Lubbock. It was not immediately clear where they were from.
“They developed some type of an issue, a mechanical issue,” Standifer told reporters at the scene. “The pilot attempted to turn the plane around. He got fairly low to the runway. I don’t necessarily think he was lined up exactly to the runway. And he landed the plane well shy of the runway. Once the plane made contact with the runway, it burst into flames.”
The crash sparked some nearby brush fires, including at a tree farm, according to Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez. The fires had been extinguished within a few hours after the crash, which happened shortly after noon Sunday, according to multiple news reports.
The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the crash, Standifer said.