Twin engine aircraft crashes while attempting to land in fog at Pearland Regional Airport. No survivors are reported and it is unknown how many people were on board.

A small airplane believed to be from Austin went down in a fiery crash near Pearland Regional Airport early Wednesday.

Witnesses reported the crash along Hasting Field Road around 8:35 a.m.

The plane was flying from Austin to Galveston when the pilot was forced to divert to Pearland because of weather. The pilot tried to land but was waved off when he overshot the runway.

Witnesses say he circled again, but they lost sight of the plane in the fog. They heard the engine rev, then the crash.

The Beechcraft King Air B100 was destroyed on impact and caught fire. DPS said the impact was so intense, the plane’s fuselage buried four feet into the ground.

There was no early word on the fate of the pilot or how many passengers were on board, if any.

The plane went down near two homes, but no one on the ground was hurt. One resident said the impact caused her house to shake.

Firefighters and DPS troopers are on the scene and they have blocked off the crash site.

UPDATE: The pilot has been identified aa Joe Frank Lassiter III, 39, from Mountain Brook Alabama.