Plane crashes into the roof of a house in Texas; a pilot and two passengers are injured
- A private plane carrying a pilot and two passengers crashed into the roof of a house in Georgetown, Texas, shortly before noon on Sunday.
- The plane, a single-engine Beech BE35, was attempting to land near Georgetown Executive Airport.
- The pilot and passengers miraculously survived with injuries that were not considered life-threatening, and the house the plane struck was unoccupied.
The pilot of the private plane along with two passengers crashed into the roof of a house in Georgetown, Texas, on Sunday afternoon.
The crash happened shortly before noon near the Georgetown Executive Airport as the plane was landing.
The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed that the National Transportation Safety Board would lead an investigation into how the plane, a single-engine Beech BE35, crashed.
Incredibly, those on board, one man and two women, survived the collision, sustaining injuries that were not considered life-threatening.
The trio were taken to hospital but received treatment and were released later the same day.
A private plane with a pilot and two passengers on board crashed into the roof of a house in Georgetown, Texas, shortly before noon on Sunday.
The Georgetown Fire Department said the plane crash happened just before noon in the 500 block of Northwood Drive, which is near the Georgetown Executive Airport.
The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed that it was a Beech BE35 single-engine plane and that the National Transportation Safety Board would lead the investigation into the accident.
The plane landed in the attic. Insulation from the attic of the house could be seen entangled in the crash
In another stroke of luck, the house the plane crashed into was completely unoccupied.
“They were in pretty good condition considering what happened,” nearby resident Dylan King told KXANwho rushed to the scene north of Austin.
“They were scared, they didn’t know what was happening. They seemed really confused. We had helped them down from the balcony and they were trying to jump through a hole in the ceiling. We opened the attic stairs and they went down there.
The plane had taken off from Kerrville and was nearing the end of its 120-mile journey and was about to land in Georgetown when the plane suddenly lost altitude and crashed into the roof of the house.
The plane, a single-engine Beech BE35, was attempting to land near Georgetown Executive Airport.
The pilot and passengers miraculously survived with injuries that were not considered life-threatening.
The house where the plane crashed was completely unoccupied.
“They were in pretty good condition considering what happened,” nearby resident Dylan King told KXAN, who responded to the scene.
On Sunday night the remains of the plane could still be seen sticking out of the top of the house.
The Georgetown Fire Department says it plans to return to the scene Monday along with representatives from the FAA and NTSB to further assess the damage and work on the removal of the aircraft.
The FAA is also expected to post a preliminary accident report within 24 hours on its website.
The names of the people involved have not been released.
