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Deadly plane crash in Utah neighborhood caught on video
« on: January 16, 2020, 11:05:38 AM »
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/deadly-plane-crash-utah-neighborhood-caught-video-n1116891

SALT LAKE CITY — A small plane crashed Wednesday in a Utah neighborhood, killing the pilot as the aircraft narrowly avoided hitting any townhomes, authorities said.

The 64-year-old pilot who died in the crash was identified as David Goode, according to the Roy City Police Department. The twin-engine Cessna crashed in Roy, police Sgt. Matthew Gwynn said. Debris from the plane crashed through the roof of a home that didn't have anybody inside at the time, he said according to The Salt Lake Tribune.

The pilot had taken off around 3 p.m. from an airport in Bountiful for what was supposed to be a short flight to an airport in Ogden, but he crashed about half a mile from the runway, Gwynn said.Adam Hensley told KSL-TV that he was driving on Interstate 15 when he saw the plane flying about 200 to 300 feet off the ground.

“I could tell it was really struggling,” he said. “I could tell that the pilot was really trying to straighten out and balance the plane.”

Hensley said he saw the plane pitch sharply left before nose-diving near the interstate and exploding. He did not see any smoke while the plane was in the air, and investigators have not said what caused the crash.

The crash occurred in Roy, about 30 miles north of Salt Lake City near a small airport in Ogden. The National Transportation Safety Board said on Twitter that it was investigating the crash.