“Owen” James Renaud

One of the victims of the private plane crash Friday in Anderson, Indiana, is a graduate of South Hamilton High School.

“Owen” James Renaud, 19, Alden, graduated this year from South Hamilton High School, according to the district.

“This is a devastating time for our school community and many of our students and staff (who) knew Owen personally,” South Hamilton Community Schools Superintendent Heather Holm wrote in a letter posted to social media. “Counselors will be available at our high school starting Monday to assist any students who may need extra support processing this terrible news.”

The flight that crashed in Indiana originated from Fort Dodge Regional Airport on Friday morning.

Madison County (Indiana) Coroner Adam Matson identified the four victims as Joseph R. Scallon, 68, Iowa Falls, Jesse H. Ostheimer, 41, Alden; Braden Hicks, 36, Manson; and Renaud.

The single-engine Piper PA-46 departed Fort Dodge at 6:48 a.m. and crashed near Anderson Municipal Airport-Darlington Field, northeast of Indianapolis, at 9:52 a.m. Eastern.

The airplane was owned by Okoboji Air LLC, which is registered with the Iowa Secretary of State to Scallon.

Rhonda Chambers, director of aviation for the Fort Dodge Regional Airport, said on Friday the airplane was not typically housed at Fort Dodge Regional Airport.

Hicks was a private flight instructor based out of the Fort Dodge Regional Airport, she said. He was “not a city employee, but was a much loved member of the airport family and will be forever missed.”

There is no official report on who was flying the plane.

According to the Madison County Sheriff’s Department, emergency crews responded to a corn field near the airport at approximately 10 a.m. where they found the plane on fire.

Captain Darwin Dwiggins with the Madison County Sheriff’s Department said that as the plane was making its initial approach to the airport, the pilot was told they were too high and to re-route and make another approach. Dwiggins said witnesses told police the plane was possibly attempting to turn back towards the airport when it “flipped over” and nose-dived into a cornfield where it then caught on fire.

The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the crash.

“Our hearts go out to the families and the individuals tragically killed in yesterday’s plane crash,” said Chambers.