Plane crashes into residential area in Pennsylvania

[mzmolly]

Source: NBC

Emergency crews responded to the site of a plane crash in a residential area in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, on Sunday afternoon.

Online images of the crash, verified by NBC News, show the tail of a plane in a parking lot while the rest of the aircraft is engulfed in flames. Firefighters managed to extinguish the flames, but at least two vehicles were damaged by the blaze.

Officials did not immediately respond to questions about number of injuries. Five people were on board, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.

The crash happened in the parking area at Brethren Village, a retirement community located less than a mile away from Lancaster Airport.





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[red dog 1]

1. Could it possibly be due to air traffic controller firings?

[mzmolly]

2. I wonder that

as well.

[IronLionZion]

3. The Trump/Musk solution will be to fire more of them

and blame DEI

[red dog 1]

7. #NaziMusk hashtag on Bluesky

[FakeNoose]

5. CNN says there are no other planes involved

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/09/us/lancaster-pa-plane-crash-pennsylvania/index.html



Private plane carrying 5 people went down pretty soon after takeoff. It sounds like a mechanical difficulty of some kind, but I'm just guessing. No word yet on whether anyone made it out of the plane. "Several survivors" might mean people on the ground.

[aggiesal]

22. Five people on board a small plane ...

... that crashed into a residential area in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, on Sunday survived and were taken to hospitals, authorities said, authorities said.

[FakeNoose]

23. Thank you for the clarification

[aggiesal]

24. YW ...

Makes me worried about getting on a plane
Buy hey,
Morons
Are
Governing
America.

[cloudbase]

10. Not likely.

But the NTSB will leave no stone unturned in determining the cause.

Takeoffs are the riskiest. Maximum weight (aircraft+passengers+fuel) and maximum power. If something goes wrong, there isn't a whole lot of time to get things sorted out.

[Cheezoholic]

15. The impossible turn?

This guy gives a great explanation and lesson on it. Its one of the most common causes of GA inflight accidents right after take off as you describe.

[cloudbase]

19. When I was getting my glider rating,

one of the things we trained for was a broken tow rope on takeoff. The rule of thumb was that if under 200 feet above ground level, your options are severely limited, and you should prepare to land more or less straight ahead. Above 200 feet, you have the option to do the 180 degree turn and land back on the field. Just about every glider biennial flight review I've had included a simulated rope break on takeoff-the instructor pulls the tow rope release. Of course, gliders don't sink as fast as the usual powered aircraft, so it's not as hairy as it sounds.

[LisaM]

27. If they can blame Biden for egg and gas prices

then I can blame this administration for whatever I feel like blaming them for.

[MichMan]

28. Agreed

I overcooked my chicken last night. Then this morning I saw that my well pressure tank has a small water leak

Both are Trump's fault

[stoned]

13. Not likely

and the trope that every aviation accident is due to firing ATC staff is played out. Airplanes crash. A lot. Especially in General Aviation. The media is just over-reporting stuff now because they know you will click.

[cloudbase]

20. Spot on.

I can understand the desire here to blame Trump for every aviation mishap, but sometimes it just ain't so.

[VMA131Marine]

26. No! Just no.

It had just taken off. ATC is mainly to stop planes from running into each other and keep traffic flowing. Private pilots are entirely capable of screwing up on their own.

This was a Beechcraft A35 Bonanza. They were, and perhaps still are, known as “doctor killers.” They are a high performance general aviation single engine prop plane.

If I had to guess, I’d say engine failure on takeoff is most likely as the weather was good.

[Scrivener7]

4. They're just dropping out of the sky like rain these days.

[onenote]

32. No more so than a year ago.

https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/2025/02/22/why-are-so-many-planes-crashing-are-there-more-plane-crashes-in-2025/79443557007/

[mn9driver]

6. Looks like the weather was clear.

They went down very close to an airport. It will take some time for the NTSB to do their investigation. Very sad,

[MarineCombatEngineer]

8. So, how many aircraft have crashed or had near misses inside the US since Been A Dick Donald took over?

I sincerely hope everyone on board and on the ground survived.

[onenote]

11. Probably around the same number as last year for the same period.

It seems like more because of a media "herd mentality" that results in aviation accidents that wouldn't have received national coverage a year ago now get coverage because they occurred in the wake of a major fatal commercial airline crash.

https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/2025/02/22/why-are-so-many-planes-crashing-are-there-more-plane-crashes-in-2025/79443557007/

[MarineCombatEngineer]

12. That's a fair assessment. nt

[JHB]

9. Well, that was a scare. My aunt and uncle live in a retirement home near Lancaster

But about 9 miles from where the plane went down, on the other side of Lancaster downtown.

[Hassler]

14. I don't plan on flying for the foreseeable future

[JoseBalow]

16. Not everything is a partisan conspiracy

[aggiesal]

17. Damn, not another downed aircraft ...

Happy to hear the passengers survived.

I'm so glad we have a well funded Federal Aviation Administration.
Without that, we would ... wait ... well, never mind.

[hadEnuf]

18. No matter how much the media may overplay stuff, the FAA is still being ripped apart by Trump and Musk

as we speak.

Can't expect people to continue to dismiss things as coincidences while that is happening.

[LilElf70]

21. Another crash on Trumps watch

One really has to wonder if all these place crashes are related to Trumps terminations? OF COURSE, IT'S RELATED!!!! ALL OF IT. When is someone going to stop him? The insanity gets worse every day.

[CaptainTruth]

25. First question: Who was on it???

Remember the GOP stealing Ohio in the 2004 election? And how one of the IT techs who helped them do it was killed in a plane crash, the crash of his own (tampered with) private plane outside Akron Ohio? Before he could testify in the trial?

Do not forget!

[larwdem]

29. egg prices up planes down

[Old Testament Libera]

30. Musk has a solution

Fire 1000 more people from FAA

[Montauk6]

31. What am I bid for Trump/Fox News spin on this...?

Do I hear "Obama's tan suit"? "Obama's tan--" "Crooked Hillary" "Crooked Hillary"...? Going once--"Russian Hoax"... "Russian Hoax"... this, again, is for the Trump/Fox spin... "Russian Hoax" "Canadian price-gouging" ... "Canadian price-gouging"?... "Transgendered air controllers"... "Transgendered air controllers"... going once... going--"vaccinated pilots"... "vaccinated pilots"... going once... going twice... "DEI"..."DEI"?...going one, going twice...(GAVEL TAP) Sold.

DEI is responsible for the crash, Minister of Propaganda Karoline Leavitt will swear to it.