Sheriff: Multiple fatalities confirmed in Jessamine County plane crash

The Jessamine County Sheriff's Office and the National Transportation Security Board are investigating the crash.

NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW via LEX NEWS) —

Update: June 20 at 2 p.m.

The Jessamine County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed that two people died as a result of a plane crash that occurred Saturday morning in Nicholasville in a farm off of Kentucky Route 169 between U.S. 27 and U.S. 68.

The sheriff’s office is working alongside the National Transportation Safety Board to investigate the fatal plane crash.

Original story:

The Jessamine County Sheriff’s Office and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating a reported plane crash in Nicholasville.

According to Jessamine County Sheriff Kevin Grimes, the Blue Grass Airport in Lexington noted a plane off radar sending distress signals around 8:46 Saturday morning. The small plane ended up crashing in a farm off of Kentucky Route 169 between U.S. 27 and U.S. 68. in Jessamine County.

At this time, the Jessamine County Sheriff’s Office cannot confirm if there are any injuries or fatalities as a result of the plane crash.

According to a social media post by the National Transportation Safety Board, the plane that crashed was a CA6-WB.

Online flight records reveal that the plane, registered as #N82BT, departed from the Blue Grass Airport at 8:40 a.m. and was last seen in the air at 8:46 a.m., with a total flight duration of six minutes. The plane reached a maximum altitude of 3,300 feet and a maximum speed of 189 miles-per-hour. The actual flight distance was 10 miles.

An LEX News crew member is on-scene investigating the crash at this time.

This is an ongoing story, and ABC 36 News will provide more information as it becomes available.