 goofy news talk 11 10 99 3 wbt anna erickson's got the update thanks brett a small plane crash in western north carolina today claims the lives of three people three people were killed after a small plane crashed near the mcdowell rutherford county line the aircraft which was en route from mountain city tennessee to rutherfordton north carolina went down in a rural location investigators have not said what caused the crash but fog could have had an impact