At least one person is dead and seven are missing following the crash of a Pilatus PC-12 off the coast of Beaufort, North Carolina, on Sunday. The aircraft went down at around 2 p.m. local time approximately 4 miles east of Drum Inlet. According to the U.S. Coast Guard, the aircraft was “seen behaving erratically on radar and then disappeared from the radar screen.” No emergency communications were received.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.avweb.com/flight-safety/accidents-ntsb/eight-missing-after-pc-12-crash