Small Plane Hits Indiana Home; 2 Dead

March 5, 2007
A small plane crashed into a home near a southern Indiana airport Monday, killing both people aboard.

A small plane crashed into a home near a southern Indiana airport Monday, killing both people aboard, authorities said.

There were no immediate reports of injuries on the ground, though the impact left much of the plane lodged inside the house.

Elizabeth Isham Cory, a spokeswoman for the Federal Aviation Administration, said two people were aboard the plane when it crashed about 11 a.m. She did not know where the plane's flight had originated but said investigators were on their way to the scene.

"It is very possible they could have been flying by visual flight rules, so the pilot would not have been required to file a flight plan," Cory said.

Witnesses said the plane appeared to be trying to land when it veered sharply and went out of sight, The Times-Mail newspaper reported on its Web site.

The crash happened near the Virgil I. Grissom Municipal Airport, about 20 miles south of Bloomington.

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