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From the South Florida Sun-Sentinel
3 on plane that crash lands on Fort Lauderdale street survive
By Jamie Malernee of sun-sentinel.com
& news partner NBC 6 & Associated Press
Published June 13, 2005, 6:08 PM CDT
FORT LAUDERDALE – An airplane crashed-landed in the middle of a street in a residential area near Executive Airport Monday afternoon. All three men aboard survived, and there were no reports of injuries on the ground.
The plane crashed on the 1700 block of Northeast 56 Street at 3:48 p.m. just after takeoff from Executive, news partner NBC 6 reported.
The DC-3 twin-engine propeller cargo plane crashed in a residential area and firefighters brought a huge fire under control.
Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen said the plane, a DC-3, is registered to John W. Andrews of Wichita Falls, Texas, and was bound for Marsh Harbor, Bahamas, she said.
Those on board were identified as pilot Charles Riggs, co-pilot Charles Wirt and passenger Hector Espinoza. All three were in fair condition at Holy Cross Hospital.
``They are sitting up talking their cell phones,'' said hospital spokeswoman Maria Soldani.
Witnesses said the plane appeared to have engine or other problems soon after takeoff. It soon crashed-landed among several homes and buildings in the middle of a tree-lined street about three miles east of the airport.
Television stations were reporting the pilot and at least one other person escaped both the crash and the fire that followed an emergency landing in a street by the pilot of the twin engine cargo plane.
And a neighbor told sun-sentinel.com there were three people in the plane and all made it out with minor bumps and bruises. All were sent to area hospitals for checkups.
The neighbor said the plane made an emergency crash landing in the middle of the residential street. The aircraft hit no buildings but did strike a tree and possibly a vehicle before exploding in flame. The three people aboard escaped before the flames spread.
``As much as possible it landed on a roadway,'' said David Rafter, the spokesman for Oakland Park Fire Rescue. ``I don't know if it caused incidental damage to structure (on the ground).''
Several other witnesses saw the crash in the densely populated area.
Mark Davis was just arriving home when the plane crashed about a block away. He said he saw the plane's wings clipping the tops of trees as it roared overhead. It then hit the ground out of sight, making the sound of ``hollow metal crushing together.''
He and his son ran to the site, where smoke and flames were already rising.
``We didn't see anybody on the ground injured,'' said the 47-year-old pastor at Calvary Chapel.
Jay Huber was in his backyard feeding his birds when he heard a ``terrible engine noise.''
``This DC-3, which looked in pretty good condition,'' he said of the sight of the plane coming down. ``This plane was just pancaking, nose up, engines going like hell, like it was trying to stay up, and it was only about 150 feet in air.''
``It's a cargo flight, a DC-3,'' confirmed Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Greg Martin.
Televised pictures showed firefighters putting out the fire with water and foam in a roadway in tree-lined, residential area, the burned out cockpit and cabin near several parked cars.
From the South Florida Sun-Sentinel
3 on plane that crash lands on Fort Lauderdale street survive
By Jamie Malernee of sun-sentinel.com
& news partner NBC 6 & Associated Press
Published June 13, 2005, 6:08 PM CDT
FORT LAUDERDALE – An airplane crashed-landed in the middle of a street in a residential area near Executive Airport Monday afternoon. All three men aboard survived, and there were no reports of injuries on the ground.
The plane crashed on the 1700 block of Northeast 56 Street at 3:48 p.m. just after takeoff from Executive, news partner NBC 6 reported.
The DC-3 twin-engine propeller cargo plane crashed in a residential area and firefighters brought a huge fire under control.
Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen said the plane, a DC-3, is registered to John W. Andrews of Wichita Falls, Texas, and was bound for Marsh Harbor, Bahamas, she said.
Those on board were identified as pilot Charles Riggs, co-pilot Charles Wirt and passenger Hector Espinoza. All three were in fair condition at Holy Cross Hospital.
``They are sitting up talking their cell phones,'' said hospital spokeswoman Maria Soldani.
Witnesses said the plane appeared to have engine or other problems soon after takeoff. It soon crashed-landed among several homes and buildings in the middle of a tree-lined street about three miles east of the airport.
Television stations were reporting the pilot and at least one other person escaped both the crash and the fire that followed an emergency landing in a street by the pilot of the twin engine cargo plane.
And a neighbor told sun-sentinel.com there were three people in the plane and all made it out with minor bumps and bruises. All were sent to area hospitals for checkups.
The neighbor said the plane made an emergency crash landing in the middle of the residential street. The aircraft hit no buildings but did strike a tree and possibly a vehicle before exploding in flame. The three people aboard escaped before the flames spread.
``As much as possible it landed on a roadway,'' said David Rafter, the spokesman for Oakland Park Fire Rescue. ``I don't know if it caused incidental damage to structure (on the ground).''
Several other witnesses saw the crash in the densely populated area.
Mark Davis was just arriving home when the plane crashed about a block away. He said he saw the plane's wings clipping the tops of trees as it roared overhead. It then hit the ground out of sight, making the sound of ``hollow metal crushing together.''
He and his son ran to the site, where smoke and flames were already rising.
``We didn't see anybody on the ground injured,'' said the 47-year-old pastor at Calvary Chapel.
Jay Huber was in his backyard feeding his birds when he heard a ``terrible engine noise.''
``This DC-3, which looked in pretty good condition,'' he said of the sight of the plane coming down. ``This plane was just pancaking, nose up, engines going like hell, like it was trying to stay up, and it was only about 150 feet in air.''
``It's a cargo flight, a DC-3,'' confirmed Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Greg Martin.
Televised pictures showed firefighters putting out the fire with water and foam in a roadway in tree-lined, residential area, the burned out cockpit and cabin near several parked cars.
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