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01-05-2013, 01:41 AM
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Three Killed when Plane Crashes into Florida House
![]() At least three people were killed when a small plane crashed into a house Friday afternoon while trying to land at a central Florida airport, the Florida Highway Patrol said. The 1957 Beechcraft H35 Bonanza was heading from Fort Pierce to Knoxville, Tenn., when it began experiencing mechanical problems, FHP Lt. Justin Asbury said. Deputies said initial reports said the pilot declared an emergency at about 2:10 p.m. after reporting the plane was severely shaking, NBC station WESH of Orlando reported. Flagler County Airport Director Roy Sieger told the Dayton Beach News-Journal that according to flight controllers the pilot of the plane reported smoke in the cockpit at 2:18 p.m. and the crash occurred at 2:19. The Flagler County Sheriff's Office said the plane hit a Palm Coast home just east of the Flagler County Airport. Robert Ferrigno, who lives down the street, said he heard the crash from his home. "Planes go over here all the time, but this afternoon, I heard, 'putt, putt, putt,' and then I heard, 'boom,'" Ferrigno said. "I looked outside, and there were flames shooting up over the trees." Ferrigno and another neighbor, Armando Gonzalez, ran down the street to the crash site. The home's owner — identified by FHP as Susan Crockett — was already outside when they arrived, screaming that a plane had crashed into her house. "The house was in flames, and there were explosions — boom, boom, boom — inside the house," Gonzalez said. He said the tail appeared to be sticking out the roof of the single-story ranch home. Ferrigno added that the crash had thrown insulation everywhere, saying, "It looked like it was snowing." Crockett was taken to a nearby hospital as a precaution, Asbury said. She was listed in stable condition. |
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01-05-2013, 03:04 PM
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Re: Three Killed when Plane Crashes into Florida House
LMAO! It's the scene from World According To Garp, Robbin Willaims starred in it. Here's the trailer, Skip to 1:13 if you're in a huge rush. <iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/pxHrl-PyvTE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> They bought the house because chances were ...it would never be hit by a plane again ;) |
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01-06-2013, 07:33 AM
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Re: Three Killed when Plane Crashes into Florida House
Palm Coast plane crash victims identified ![]() Crime scene tape surrounds the house in Palm Coast, Fla. that a small plane crashed into on Friday, Jan. 4, 2013. Authorities say at least three people are dead after the plane crashed while trying to land at Flagler County Airport. The house's occupant escaped through a window with no serious injuries. ![]() The house was engulfed in flames almost immediately after the plane crashed into its back side ![]() The plane that crashed, seen here parked at an airport in Arizona in 2006, when it was under a different ownership. |
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01-07-2013, 02:20 PM
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Re: Three Killed when Plane Crashes into Florida House
I lived in a neighborhood that was located within a mile before the begining of the landing strip of a small private airport and I feared this for 4 years. Hearing the damn engines slow as they come in right above the house I always imagined what I would do and out the back window was always what I thought would go down.
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