ANSON COUNTY, N.C. -- Federal investigators are looking into a deadly Christmas Day plane crash in Anson County.

Deputies said Steven Reamer, 57, was flying his plane from Greensboro to Gainesville, Florida.

Records show Reamer turned back near the South Carolina border and crashed at the Anson County Airport just outside Wadesboro.

Two witnesses at the airport ran out to help, but were unable to save Reamer. He died in the crash. His wife, Pamela, was flown to Carolinas Medical Center. At last check, she was in fair condition.

Reamer and his wife are from Maryland.