Small Plane Crash-Lands on Florida Street, Hitting Amazon Delivery Truck

The Associated Press
By The Associated Press
November 4, 2019US News
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Small Plane Crash-Lands on Florida Street, Hitting Amazon Delivery Truck
A security guard checks an Amazon truck at the Amazon regional distribution center in Las Vegas, Nev., on June 6, 2019. (Photo by George Frey/File Photo via Getty Images)

Authorities say two people on a small plane had no serious injuries when the aircraft grazed the top of an Amazon delivery truck and came to rest in the middle of a street in South Florida.

A Federal Aviation Administration statement says the plane hit a delivery truck as it came down in Doral around 9:35 p.m. on Nov. 4, near the headquarters of Miami-Dade Police.

WSVN reported that responding crews arrived to find the pilot and passenger standing outside the plane.

The plane came to a stop on the street, missing its landing gear, after hitting the semi-trailer. The plane was a twin-engine Beechcraft BE-76, also known as a Beechcraft Duchess.

Last Week, 5 Planes Crashed in 4 Different States

Five small planes have crashed across the United States last week. The crashes occurred in four states: New Jersey, Georgia, Kentucky and Florida.

At least seven people were killed in the incidents.

Here is what we know about them:

Tuesday

A Cessna 414 airplane crashed into a suburban home in New Jersey last Tuesday, killing the pilot and sparking a house fire, authorities said.

The crash happened at 11 a.m. local time in Colonia in Middlesex County. The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the crash.

One of the two houses
One of the two houses that caught fire after a small plane crashed into the house in the Colonia section of Woodbridge Township, N.J., on Oct. 29, 2019. (Video screenshot/ Michael Yonone via Reuters)

Wednesday

Two people were killed when a small plane crashed into an apartment building off Interstate 85 in an Atlanta suburb Wednesday, officials said.

The aircraft, a Piper PA-28, crashed about 10:30 a.m. local time after taking off from the nearby DeKalb-Peachtree Airport, Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen said.

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Fire officials look at the scene where an airplane crashed into an apartment complex in Atlanta on Oct. 30, 2019. (David Goldman/AP Photo)

Thursday

A Piper Saratoga PA-32R single-engine aircraft flying in to Barkley Regional Airport in Paducah, Kentucky, Thursday evening crashed about four miles north of the airport, according to Barkley Regional Airport manager Dennis Rouleau. The pilot was killed, McCracken County Sheriff Matt Carter told CNN affiliate WPSD. The plane crashed in a field behind on the other side of railroad tracks.

Two separate plane crashes in Florida Thursday left at least three dead.

Two people were killed when a small single engine plane crashed near the outdoor Marketstreet at Heathbrook mall around midday Thursday, the Ocala Police Department announced on Twitter.

A single engine plane crashed in Clay County Thursday evening, the Florida Highway Patrol Jacksonville office said.

It is believed the plane struck power lines and crashed, leaving one person onboard dead, according to highway patrol. The plane is located in a densely wooded area.

The CNN Wire contributed to this report.

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