A composite shows one of the victims, Seren Wilson, and pictures of the crash.

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Five pickleball players killed in horrific Texas plane crash on way to tournament ID’d

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Five pickleball players died when a twin-engine Cessna 421C crashed in a wooded area near Wimberley, Texas, while en route to a tournament. The five victims were members of the Amarillo Pickleball Club. The crash happened just after 11 p.m. on Thursday; the other plane in the same flight path landed at New Braunfels National Airport. The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating. Names were released by the organization; all five were identified as club members. The FAA and NTSB have not disclosed a probable cause as of the report, and no other survivors were reported.

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A composite shows one of the victims, Seren Wilson, and pictures of the crash.
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5/2/2026

Five pickleball players killed in horrific Texas plane crash on way to tournament ID’d

The five people killed in a fiery Texas plane crash on their way to a pickleball tournament have been identified. Amarillo Pickleball Club members Seren Wilson, 19; Brooke Skypala, 45; Stacy Hedrick, 51; Justin “Glen” Appling, 37; and Hayden Dillard, 39, died in the wreck Thursday night, the organization announced on.

Five members of pickleball club killed in Texas plane crash
Washington Times5/2/2026

Five members of pickleball club killed in Texas plane crash

Five members of a pickleball club in Texas died Thursday night when the Cessna 421C plane they were on crashed.

Identities of pickleball players killed in plane crash on way to tournament released
Fox News5/3/2026

Identities of pickleball players killed in plane crash on way to tournament released

A man in Malaysia died after going over a safety railing to retrieve a ball while playing pickleball. (Newsflare via Reuters Connect) The names of the five people who were killed in the Central Texas plane crash that was taking a pickleball team to a tournament have been revealed. On board were Amarillo Pickleball.