SNOW HILL, N.C. (AP) _ A Connecticut couple have been killed in a small plane crash in North Carolina.

Mark Sobel and his wife, Joan Wilson were flying home yesterday to South Windsor when their plane went down in a field about 20 miles southwest of Greenville. South Windsor Mayor Matthew Streeter says the couple were very well-known in the community and their deaths are a shock to the town.

The mayor says the couple lived in South Windsor for part of the year and also had a home in Florida where they stayed for several months. Mark Sobel was a pilot.

Federal aviation officials said the plane was headed from Fort Myers, Florida to Brainard Airport in Hartford.

North Carolina officials say the pilot reported he had icing on the wings before the plan disappeared from radar and lost radio contact.

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