( CNN ) -- A pilot and passenger were killed as two small planes collided in the air above Fauquier County , Virginia , on Monday , the FAA and Virginia State Police told CNN . The midair collision happened about five miles south of the Warrenton-Fauquier Airport around 4 p.m. `` One plane has been destroyed by fire , '' Virginia State Police spokeswoman Corinne Geller told CNN . `` In that plane , which is believed to be a six-seater aircraft , two bodies have been recovered . State Police are in the process of identifying the pilot and passenger . '' The second plane 's pilot , an adult male , was transported to Mary Washington Hospital in Fredericksburg , according to state police . The two planes crashed to the ground approximately a mile apart from one another , state police said . Parts of the planes and debris were scattered between the two crash sites in a secluded and difficult to access area , state police said . As to what caused the crash some 50 miles from Washington , D.C. , `` that remains under investigation at this time '' state police said .
NEW : A midair collision involving two small planes results in two deaths , authorities say . NEW : The pilot and a passenger aboard one aircraft died . Planes collide about 5 miles south of an airport in Virginia . The pilot of the other plane is taken to a hospital .