State Police spokesman Carl Christiansen says the crash occurred shortly after 10 pm yesterday at the airport in Ruidoso, about 225 kilometres northeast of El Paso, Texas.
A spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration says the Beechcraft King Air was en route to Abilene, Texas. Christiansen identified the pilot as 39-year-old Justin King and 13-year-old Hayden King of Ruidoso.
The cause of the wreck is not clear. The FAA says the plane burned upon impact.