fire firegeezer on 22 Aug 2008 02:18 pm
Plane Crashes Into Nevada House
A LIGHT PLANE CRASHED INTO A NORTH LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, house around 6:30 am local time Friday morning.
The crash started a fire in the house, burning out one end of the home. The pilot and one resident died immediately and a second resident died later at the hospital.
Investigators examine the wreckage and fire damage
at the North Las Vegas house.
(Las Vegas Sun/Steve Marcus photo)
The North Las Vegas Fire Department responded quickly and kept the fire contained to the area of impact and ignition.
An FAA spokesman says that the aircraft was a home-built Velocity 173RG experimental machine. When it took off from the North Las Vegas airport, the traffic controller was in contact with the pilot after he radioed that he was having trouble gaining altitude and was going down.
The FAA spokesman described the rear-propeller aircraft as as “experimental,” and said it can be built from a kit. FAA records showed the aircraft was certified for flight in 2002, he said, and was owned by a Las Vegas resident.
A typical model of the Velocity 173RG
The Las Vegas Sun has the latest REPORT.
The Associated Press has some raw video of the fire:
KVVU Ch. 5 has the press conference held by NLVFD Fire Chief Kevin Brame:
