A small plane crashed into a house Wednesday shortly after takeoff, killing both people on board and sending 30-foot flames and heavy smoke into the air.
No one was home when the single-engine plane crashed about 3 p.m., Reno Fire Department spokesman Steve Frady said. The pilot and a passenger died, he said.
Police closed off several blocks around the home, in a residential area about two miles south of Reno-Tahoe International Airport.
Much of the home was fully ablaze when firefighters arrived. The fire spread into the attic, sending flames high into the air, Frady said.
The Beechcraft Bonanza took off shortly before 3 p.m., and the pilot was in contact with the control tower prior to the crash, Frady said.
Witnesses said that the plane was flying low over homes and wobbling, with a sputtering engine, and that the pilot appeared to be looking for a place to land.
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