Two men were killed Monday in an airplane crash east of Kingfisher.

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol confirmed the deaths, but originally withheld the names pending identification from the State Medical Examiner’s Office.

On Tuesday, it was confirmed that John Hazelton of Edmond and Jonathan Benton of Mustang were killed in the accident.

The OHP report said the aircraft - a Piper Saratoga with the tail number N8266D - crashed in a wheat field about one-half mile east of the intersection of county roads N2920 (Big Four Road) and E790 at about 12:42 p.m. That intersection is two miles south of Big Four School.

The wreckage was about one-quarter mile into the wheat field that sat north of E790.

The cause of the accident remains under investigation by the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board.

According to flight tracking information, the plane departed from Wiley Post Airport in Oklahoma City at 12:14 p.m. Monday.

The flight pattern shows it flew west before turning north near El Reno.

It flew over Okarche, made some maneuvers north of Okarche and then flew over Kingfisher in a northeasterly direction.

The tracking software shows the flight ended at 12:42 p.m.

An officer with the Engineers Flying Club, Inc., confirmed with the Times & Free Press on Monday that the plane belonged to the club.

He told the Times & Free Press that Hazelton and Benton had signed out the plane that day.

Engineers Flying Club is listed as a non-profit group formed in 1967. It caps its members at 60 and owns four aircraft, according to its website.

Among them is a Piper Saratoga with the tail number of N8266D, the plane that was involved in the crash.

The club also provides instruction and lists six instructors on its website.

Hazelton is among those listed.

The OHP report was filed by Trooper Brandt Skinner. He was assisted at the scene by OHP Troopers Jeff Jech, Broden Carls, Ray Robertson, Kevin Edsall and Lt. Robert Cotrill.

Also assisting at the scene were staff from Kingfi sher County Sheriff’s Office, Kingfisher Fire Department, Big Four Fire Department, FAA, NTSB and Medical Examiner’s Office.