Four people who died when their plane crashed Saturday morning in Gordon County, Georgia, have been identified.
The pilot was Roy Smith, 68, of Fayetteville, Georgia. His 25-year-old son, Morgen Smith of Atlanta, was on the plane with his girlfriend, 23-year-old Savannah Sims, also of Atlanta. The fourth victim was the co-pilot, 63-year-old Raymond Sluk of Senoia, Georgia.
Their identities were confirmed Tuesday by Gordon County Deputy Coroner Christy Nicholson.
There was snow in Northwest Georgia around the time the Cessna 501 Citation crashed shortly after 10 a.m. Saturday in a remote part of Gordon County, authorities said.
Weather conditions are among many factors that will be investigated in the coming weeks, said Heidi Kemner, an air safety investigator with the National Transportation Safety Board.
Investigators will look at the pilot's record and training, the aircraft's maintenance and weather conditions at the time of the crash, NTSB spokesman Terry Williams said.
The plane went missing from radar shortly after takeoff from an airport in the Atlanta suburb of Peachtree City.
Snow was reported in the Atlanta area around the time the plane took off.
The plane disappeared from radar around 10:10 a.m. Saturday about 50 miles north of Atlanta, authorities said. It was en route to Nashville, Tennessee, FAA spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen said Sunday.
The Associated Press contributed to this story.
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