Columbia FirstAlerts

Everything reported in Columbia and within 40 miles of it, at every level — nothing here is filtered out for being local.

• Plane CrashesAug 7, 2026, 10:14 a.m. ETRevised · v2Lexington, South Carolina, United States

  NTSB Opens Investigation Into Fatal Cirrus SR22 Accident Near Lexington, South Carolina

  One person was killed and one seriously injured in a February 6 accident involving a single-engine Cirrus SR22, according to the National Transportation Safety Board accident record.

• Plane CrashesAug 13, 2026, 8:20 p.m. ETColumbia, South Carolina, United States

  Aircraft in 2008 Columbia Crash That Killed Four Identified as N999LJ

  An official NTSB case record for the September 19, 2008 accident in Columbia, South Carolina lists the tail number of the aircraft; four of the six people on board were killed.