Small Plane Crashes Into Home Near Runway in Las Vegas Area Town, 2 Injured

The two people aboard were taken to a local hospital to be evaluated. Although their condition was not immediately disclosed, no injuries were reported among those inside the home.

Rudy Blalock

Published: 4/9/2026, 4:45:37 AM EDT

Small Plane Crashes Into Home Near Runway in Las Vegas Area Town, 2 Injured — A pair of Cessna 208 aircrafts, in Nakhon Sawan, Thailand, on March 25, 2016. (Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP via Getty Images)

A small plane has crashed into a home near a runway in a Fort Mohave neighborhood, sending the plane’s two passengers to a hospital but leaving everyone inside the home unharmed, according to the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office.

Deputies were called at around 11:38 a.m. on Tuesday to the 5000 block of Taxi Way for reports of a plane crash, and arrived to find a single‑engine plane embedded in the house, authorities said in a post on Facebook.

The two people aboard were taken to a local hospital to be evaluated. Although their condition was not immediately disclosed, no injuries were reported among those inside the home.

Federal authorities said the plane was a Cessna T‑41B that had just left Sun Valley Airport in Fort Mohave when it veered off the runway and hit a building around noon on Tuesday, April 7, according to a statement provided by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

Two people were on board and the FAA has opened an investigation, the agency said in a statement to NTD News. A preliminary report is expected to be posted on the FAA’s online accident and incident database, and the plane’s registration is listed under tail number N39ND.

Local deputies have turned the case over to federal investigators. The NTSB confirmed in a statement to NTD News they are investigating. The agency noted that the plane crashed into the home’s garage.

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