Three people were killed Sunday after their small plane crashed into a home in Plainville, Massachusetts.
Home set ablaze by the crash
The plane was said to have taken off from Lancaster Airport in Pennsylvania and was headed to Norwood Memorial Airport in Massachusetts.
House on fire
Man looks on as the fire rages
Jim Peters of the Federal Aviation Administration said that “The Beechcraft BE36 aircraft crashed into the house at about 5:45 p.m. Sunday.
Police reports that the Plainville Fire Department extinguished the blaze by around 8pm, nearly three hours after the crash.
Firemen trying to fight the fire
House smoking after the fire was put out
State Police spokesman, Dave Procopio, said that the residents escaped and preliminary reports show three people in the plane were killed.
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The Beechcraft BE36 was said to have wound up behind the two-story colonial, where a section of the tail and a charred wing rested on a hillside in the yard.
Parts of the crashed plane
Fireman at work
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Residents within the Plainville Neighbohood reported hearing something awkward as the plane flew over their homes.
One witness, Mike Brown, told The Sun Chronicle that he was outside barbecuing when he heard the plane.
Mike said he looked up and saw the plane begin to bank.
He said: “the engine sounded like it was sputtering and then heard a crash and saw smoke.”
Site of the plane crash- firemen at work
Part of the plane
Firefighters investigate inside the house which the aircraft crashed in Plainville, Mass., Sunday, June 28,2015.
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