A National Transportation Safety Board preliminary report says the pilot of a small plane that crashed at a North Carolina airport runway this month raised a wheel after landing to avoid hitting a turtle.

A private plane crashed in North Carolina on June 3, after the pilot attempted to avoid hitting a turtle on the runway, according to a newly-released NTSB report.

A turtle on the runway caused a small private plane crash that killed two and seriously injured another person at Sugar Valley Airport, according to the National Transportation Safety Board.