The plane had flown to San Diego from Phoenix the day before and was heading back to Phoenix when the crash occurred. Shaffen Woods, a friend of Jeremy Bingham and former football coach of Ayden, previously told The Arizona Republic the San Diego trip was part of an excursion the Bingham family often took to create new memories.

A family of four, Travis and Candace Buchanan and their children Aubrey and Walker, died when their plane crashed in Sanford, North Carolina, while returning from a beach vacation.