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Commercial pilot and a flight instructor and was killed along with his wife kimberly the 9-year-old sister and 14-year-old cousin. he reported engine trouble and then last contact with traffic controllers around 5:55 friday. reporters tried to direct him to an airport just a few miles way from the crash scene. she made it through nearly a mile of thick brush in the dark wearing light clothing before she found a house with a porch light on knocked on the door. she was bloody and in tears, asking for help. >> she told me that her parents were dead. i asked her how she knew that and she said i've...

Kentucky somehow she came out relatively unscathed. authorities say it's a miracle. she walked through rough terrain for almost a mile and knocked on larry wilkins's door. >> i went to the door. i seen this little girl about 7 years old. nose was bloody. of course trembling, crying. she told me that her mom and dad were dead and she had been in a plane crash. >> reporter: authorities say her parents marty and kimberly died in the crash along with her he 9-year-old sister and 14-year-old cousin. all four were from nashville, illinois. the f.a.a. said the plane was going from florida to illinois...

Have heartfelt thanks to all of those officers from across the country who show that support. >> absolutely. federal investigators expect to arrive at the scene of that tragic plane crash in kentucky where a brave 7-year-old girl was the sole survivor. so far faa has said the small plane reported engine trouble and just minutes later lost contact with air traffic control. we're also learning new details about the little girl who walked away from the crash. family members say she was able to find her way to safety thanks to survivor skills taught to her by her dad. her father who was the pilot ...

What might the government do to control them? hello, everyone. it's high noon in the east, 9:00 in the west. welcome to "weekends with alex witt." alex is off. i'm ayman mohyeldin. here's what's happening. we begin with a developing story in kentucky. faa investigators are at the site of a plane crash where a 7-year-old girl is the only survivor. the crash killed her parents, sister and cousin. the piper aircraft was headed from florida to illinois. it lost contact with air traffic controllers about 6:00 last night. the "associated press" said the faa confirmed the pilot reported engine troubl...

What do you think could have happened given the overall conditions that we've learned? >> it's a two-engine airplane. if there was trouble with one engine, the plane should have been able to fly on the other engine. if he had engine trouble on two of the engines, sounds like icing of the engines. >> and what concerns you about the possible impact of weather in a situation like this? >> well the weather, it was raining pretty routinely through the night and flying at the altitude you would probably use. it's pretty close to the freezing level, even though it's maybe 50 degrees on the surface. s...