(CNN) Five people died Saturday when a small plane that was headed to Atlanta for a college football playoff semifinal crashed near Lafayette Regional Airport in Louisiana, officials said.

A sixth person on board survived the crash, which occurred around 9:22 a.m. CT, Lafayette Fire Chief Robert Benoit Benoit said in a news conference.

One of the people killed was a sports reporter whose father-in-law is a coach for Louisiana State University's top-ranked football team.

Fire officials later identified the dead as:

• Ian E. Biggs, 51, pilot

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