Award-winning pilot and wife die in plane crash after dirty windows prompt emergency landing, pet dog survives

Authorities told FOX Business on Sunday that a couple, reportedly an award-winning pilot and his wife, died in a tragic plane crash last week after declaring an emergency landing "due to oil on the windshield."  

Local media outlet KLTV said the couple’s dog was also on board and miraculously survived the devastating crash.

The incident occurred in East Texas last Wednesday around 5:30 p.m., when a Beechcraft A36 struck power lines while diverting to Brownsboro, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said.