The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the Nov. 30 plane crash in Elkmont that killed 18-year-old Nick Loggins.

The National Transportation Safety Board has announced a preliminary report on the single-engine plane crash that killed 18-year-old Nick Loggins of Elkmont could be ready next week.

The NTSB is investigating the Nov. 30 accident, which was reported at 1:17 p.m. when Loggins’ 1977 Piper Warrior crashed into a vacant house on Veto Road about a mile from the Compton Road home of his parents, Ted and Pam Loggins.

The federal agency provides information about aviation accidents on its website at www.ntsb.gov, but the Elkmont crash is not yet listed.

A basic report could be available between April and June 2014, and a final report with probable cause is expected by late summer or early fall of next year, according to the NTSB.

Loggins’ funeral was held Thursday afternoon at McConnell Funeral Home in Athens, with many of his former Elkmont High School classmates in attendance, according to Elkmont Principal Garth Garris.

He said students were allowed to check out to mourn for Loggins, who earned his pilot’s license at age 17 and would have turned 19 on Jan. 5.

“It’s just a tragic loss for our school and community, and our sympathy goes out to the Loggins family,” said Garris, who taught Loggins during his junior year. “He was very well-liked among his peers.”

Loggins’ passing has prompted an outpouring of support for his family as friends and acquaintances recall him as “a fine, hard-working young man,” “a good kid” and “a very caring guy who knew what to say to cheer you up,” according to Facebook posts.

In a Dec. 3 post on The News Courier’s Facebook page, Charlie Discher wrote that Loggins was friends with his daughters, Kaitlen and Dakota, along with Justin Salters, who regularly went fishing with Nick.

“Dakota and Justin are expecting a baby come April and I’m happy to say he will be named after Nick Hunter Loggins,” Discher said.