One other person on board was killed in the June 3 crash in North Carolina and another passenger was severely injured.

A private plane crashed in North Carolina on June 3, after the pilot attempted to avoid hitting a turtle on the runway, ...

The small float plane, a Cessna 180J, "crash landed" on July 5 near Brooks Camp within Katmai National Park, park officials ...

The pilot of a small plane that crashed near an airport tried to avoid hitting a turtle on the runway, according to a National Transportation Safety Board report. The pilot and a passenger were ...

A pilot in a deadly small-plane crash in North Carolina earlier this month tried to avoid a turtle on the runway just before the crash, investigators said. The Universal Stinson 108 plane crashed ...

A turtle on the runway caused a small private plane crash that killed two and seriously injured another person at Sugar Valley Airport, according to the National Transportation Safety Board.

The pilot in a fatal plane crash in North Carolina had been trying to avoid a turtle on the runway, according to a ...

The pilot of a small plane that crashed near a North Carolina airport this month had raised a wheel after landing to avoid hitting a turtle on the runway, according to a National Transportation ...

The pilot landed about 1,400 feet down the 2,424-foot runway, but lifted the right main wheel to avoid hitting the turtle. RELATED: Biggest plane crashes in recent world history.

The incident occurred on Sunday around 7 a.m. local time, just seven minutes after the small twin-engine took off ...