Polk County Sheriff’s Office special operation deputies were investigating using helicopters and all-terrain vehicles. It took more than an hour for officials to get to the plane. Parts of the plane were found two miles from the crash area, which isn’t accessible by ground without specialty vehicles. It was at 26,000 feet when it first began experiencing trouble, officials said. Not long after takeoff from the Florida airport, the website showed the 2006 Pilatus PC-12/47 veered from its flight plan. The plane was scheduled to arrive in Kansas at 3:41 p.m. and took off again just after 11 a.m., headed for Freeman Field in Junction City, according to the flight-tracking website. Lucie County International Airport about 9:15 a.m. N950KA, had taken off from Treasure Cay, Bahamas, about 8:25 a.m. Our thoughts and prayers are with the Bramlage family during this difficult time." "The Bramlage family holds a special place in the history of Kansas State University and K-State athletics, and Ron and Becky have been loyal supporters and great fans of K-State. "We are shocked and saddened by the tragic news of the deaths of Ron and Becky Bramlage and their children today," said a joint statement released by university President Kirk Schulz and athletic director John Currie. The couple were graduates of Kansas State and members of the K-State Alumni Association, President’s Club, Foundation Trustees and Ahearn Fund. The family had stopped for customs in Fort Pierce, Fla., and had taken off a half-hour before the crash. Topeka time in the Tiger Creek Preserve, just south of Lake Wales, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office said. The single-turboprop, fixed-wing, silver plane broke apart and went down about 11:30 a.m. The plane was registered to Roadside Ventures LLC in Junction City, which was owned by the Bramlages. "They gave tremendously to our school foundation, and they were always present at every function." Ron and Becky Bramlage were outstanding community members, "but they were also strong advocates of our schools," Walker said. "They were very beautiful, smart children," he said. Khoury said his kids were similar in age to the Bramlage children. "They were a very gracious, generous couple. Words can’t describe the sorrow that everybody has. "It’s an unbelievable tragic accident and a loss for all of Junction City," said Anwar Khoury, a fellow school board member. Fred Bramlage was the lead contributor to construction of Bramlage Coliseum, a multipurpose arena that opened in 1988 and is home to the K-State men’s and women’s basketball teams.īecky Bramlage was president of the Geary County USD 475 board of education.ĭistrict superintendent Ronald Walker called the family an "integral part" of Junction City. Ron was the grandson of the late Fred Bramlage, a 1935 graduate of Kansas State University and Junction City businessman. Roxanne, Beau, Boston and Brandon were going to be third, seventh, ninth and 10th graders, respectively, next year in Geary County Unified School District 475. The plane, coming from the Bahamas, was being piloted by Ron Bramlage and was carrying his wife and their three boys and girl. The Junction City community was in mourning Thursday after learning of the loss of a prominent local family who died in an airplane crash in Florida.Īuthorities said Junction City businessman Ronald Bramlage, 45, his wife, Becky, 43, and their four children were killed Thursday afternoon when a small plane bound for Junction City crashed in a swampy area of central Florida near Lake Wales.
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