A small, single-engine plane lost power while in the air Sunday afternoon, sending it crashing onto a residential street, FAA Spokesman Allen Kenitzer told NBC 7.
The plane crash happened around 1:45 p.m. near Greenfield Drive and 2nd Street. The location is one mile away from Gillespie Field.
The pilot started from Gillespie Field, then made a U-turn at Warner Springs and attempted to return to Gillespie, but it lost power right around the Winter Gardens area.
Kenitzer said the plane, a Piper P28A, lost power while in the traffic pattern and crash-landed.
Two people suffered minor injuries in the crash, Heartland Fire officials said. The aircraft sustained substantial damage, Kenitzer said.
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Marty Bowman witnessed the crash.
"I have never heard such a loud metal tingling mess in my life," he told NBC 7. "Now I know what a plane sounds like when it drops out of the sky ... If you're going to crash and crash in front of the church somebody's looking out for you."
Crews are working to contain and clean up the fuel leak from the plane.
The FAA and NTSB will investigate.
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