Pickleball team plane crashes in Texas, killing everyone on board

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A plane carrying a pickleball team to a tournament in Texas crashed Thursday, killing all five people on board.

Names of the victims were not immediately released by authorities, though the Amarillo Pickleball Club in Amarillo, Texas, said they were members who were flying to a tournament. 

The plane crashed in Wimberley, a city 40 miles southwest of Austin, at 11 p.m. Thursday.

"The pilot and four passengers on board were pronounced deceased on scene," local police Sgt. Billy Ray told reporters.

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A Cessna airplane crashed in a wooded area on Round Rock Road in Wimberley, Texas, Thursday.  (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

Ray said federal authorities were leading the investigation.

Dan Dyer, president of the Amarillo Pickleball Club, said he’d played many games with four of the five people who died.

"I’ve handed them medals. They were excellent players. They were out to win some games," Dyer said. "Every weekend there are dozens of tournaments. Some people get the bug; others don’t. But once they do, they’ll travel for a tournament."

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A plane carrying a pickleball team to a tournament in Texas crashed Thursday, killing all five people on board. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

Dyer said a second plane was traveling to the event from Amarillo at the same time. Authorities said it landed safely at the airport in New Braunfels, about 30 miles (50 kilometers) northeast of San Antonio.

"I haven’t heard anything from him," the pilot of the second plane said, according