A small plane crashed on Friday when it tried to land in bad weather. The bad conditions of fog and low visibility caused the pilot to mistake the landing zone with the front yard of a home in Mount Airy, North Carolina. Six people died in the crash, authorities said.

The accident took place at about 11:30 a.m., according to the National Transportation Safety Board. The plane was on its way from Polk County Airport in Cedartown, Georgia, and was trying to land in overcast conditions. The visibility was of about 2 ½ miles according to Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Laura Brown.

The plane had received clearance to land from the air traffic controllers, but when it came out of the clouds it was too high to begin the landing operation, Brown said. The pilot attempted a "go-around" and disappeared into the clouds. Moments later, the airport manager heard the crash as the plane “landed” in a subdivision east of the airport.

The plane, a Beechcraft King Air twin-engine turboprop, was reportedly on a business flight. According to the Federal Aviation Administration, the plane was registered to Blue Sky Airways Inc. of Dallas, Georgia.

"All of those who are in the plane are fatalities," said Surry County EMS Director John Shelton.

All six passengers died in the moment of the impact and there were no injured at the ground. Police have initiated the investigation.

"I ran to the plane and I (saw) the guy in the cockpit," neighborhood resident Darrell Baker told The Mount Airy News. "He looked pretty bad and I knew I couldn't help him."

Those unlucky enough to be on board that day were traveling to Patrick County, Virginia, for a hunting excursion and, according to a Rockmart, Georgia, newspaper, the deceased were Rockmart residents Hal Echols, owner of Blue Sky Airways; Wesley Rakestraw; and Steve Simpson. The other three dead were Robert Butler, Tony Gunter and Frank Regero, whose addresses were unknown.