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DENVER — Two small planes collided and crashed into a residential neighborhood Friday, killing four people in the aircraft and injuring seven on the ground.
There were no survivors on either plane, Denver Manager of Safety Tracy Howard said. Crews were still searching for other possible victims.
A twin-engine plane crashed into yard, narrowly missing a house and garage. Two people died in that plane, Howard said.
Two people aboard the other plane, a single-engine aircraft, were killed when it crashed into a house, fire officials said. "That plane blew up. It disintegrated," police spokeswoman Virginia Lopez said.
It was not clear whether anyone was in the house when it was hit.
Six people in the neighborhood, including a 2-year-old, suffered minor injuries from flying debris, said Bev Lilly of St. Anthony Central Hospital. They were in good condition. A firefighter also suffered minor injuries.
The Federal Aviation Administration identified the planes as a twin-engine Piper Cheyenne II and a Cessna 172 Skyhawk.
National Transportation Safety Board spokesman Arnold Scott told KCNC-TV the Cessna was bound for Cheyenne, Wyo., from Centennial Airport in Denver. The Piper took off from Jefferson County Airport northwest of Denver and was bound for Centennial Airport.
Ed Mascarenas, 36, was driving through an alley when heard a loud noise, looked up and saw a plane spinning toward the ground. He said it crashed between a house and a garage.
Mascarenas said he ran to the wreckage and tried to pull open the door but failed. "Nobody got out. I tried to get in there. I could hear someone," he said.
He said there was fuel spilling from the plane.
Maureen Ulevich, who was walking her dog, heard a loud bang and looked up to see a plane.
"It looked to me like the left wing had fire and smoke. It was sort of spiraling down toward the ground, not nose down but sort of flat," she said. "It looked as if there was fire in the engine."
David Finn, 38, said one of the planes crashed into a house near his. He said he went inside to investigate and saw a large piece of debris that looked the tail.
Finn said he had just left the house when it exploded, injuring people around him. "The were shocked and they started to run," he said.
There were no survivors on either plane, Denver Manager of Safety Tracy Howard said. Crews were still searching for other possible victims.
A twin-engine plane crashed into yard, narrowly missing a house and garage. Two people died in that plane, Howard said.
Two people aboard the other plane, a single-engine aircraft, were killed when it crashed into a house, fire officials said. "That plane blew up. It disintegrated," police spokeswoman Virginia Lopez said.
It was not clear whether anyone was in the house when it was hit.
Six people in the neighborhood, including a 2-year-old, suffered minor injuries from flying debris, said Bev Lilly of St. Anthony Central Hospital. They were in good condition. A firefighter also suffered minor injuries.
The Federal Aviation Administration identified the planes as a twin-engine Piper Cheyenne II and a Cessna 172 Skyhawk.
National Transportation Safety Board spokesman Arnold Scott told KCNC-TV the Cessna was bound for Cheyenne, Wyo., from Centennial Airport in Denver. The Piper took off from Jefferson County Airport northwest of Denver and was bound for Centennial Airport.
Ed Mascarenas, 36, was driving through an alley when heard a loud noise, looked up and saw a plane spinning toward the ground. He said it crashed between a house and a garage.
Mascarenas said he ran to the wreckage and tried to pull open the door but failed. "Nobody got out. I tried to get in there. I could hear someone," he said.
He said there was fuel spilling from the plane.
Maureen Ulevich, who was walking her dog, heard a loud bang and looked up to see a plane.
"It looked to me like the left wing had fire and smoke. It was sort of spiraling down toward the ground, not nose down but sort of flat," she said. "It looked as if there was fire in the engine."
David Finn, 38, said one of the planes crashed into a house near his. He said he went inside to investigate and saw a large piece of debris that looked the tail.
Finn said he had just left the house when it exploded, injuring people around him. "The were shocked and they started to run," he said.
