The crash occurred shortly after the aircraft departed from the nearby Nashua Airport. The Federal Aviation Administration said the plane, a Velocity V-Twin, went down around 2:10 p.m. local time at the Cannongate Condominiums, a residential complex off Cannongate Road on the opposite side of Route 101A from the airport. The area is heavily populated with homes and shopping centers.
Emergency crews responded quickly after multiple reports indicated a plane had crashed into a building. According to fire officials, the aircraft landed upside down in the rear parking lot of the wooded condominium complex. Aerial footage revealed substantial damage to the roof of one of the nearby condo buildings.
According to Nashua police, the pilot was the sole occupant of the aircraft and the only individual injured in the crash. No injuries were reported among residents, as officials confirmed that no one was home in the affected condominium at the time. The pilot was transported to a hospital but authorities did not immediately disclose the extent of the injuries.
Fire officials said a civilian helped the pilot escape from the wreckage. That individual was treated at the scene and transported to Southern New Hampshire Medical Center, according to Nashua Fire Rescue.
A witness described seeing the aircraft struggle moments before impact. “When we looked up, it was like teetering. I thought he was getting the hang of it, and then all of a sudden it was a big teeter, and then he just dipped down behind the buildings. And then you just hear a loud bang, and then a secondary bang,” Morgan Bonilla said in a televised interview with WMUR.
Photos from the scene showed the shattered plane resting upside-down on its roof in a snow bank near the damaged building. It was not immediately clear whether the aircraft struck multiple structures. The FAA said it will take over the investigation as authorities work to determine the cause of the crash.