CLEARWATER, Fla. (WFLA) — The crackling sound of pure destruction could be heard Thursday evening, as firefighters scrambled after a plane crashed into a mobile home park in Clearwater.
The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed three people died.
An FAA report said the pilot and two people on the ground were killed in the crash. The report went on to detail the aircraft, saying it was a single-engine Beechcraft Bonanza V35. That’s the plane the FAA said crashed after the pilot reported an engine failure.
That unidentified pilot is now dead.
Witnesses describe fiery scene of Clearwater plane crash
Richard Renner lives in the mobile home community himself. He said he was just watching TV with friends on a typical Thursday evening when he heard a loud bang.
“The house shook. The windows rattled,” Renner said. “We’re like wow, we thought it was an accident up on US-19.”
It wasn’t long before he recognized the house, realizing his friend Martha was probably inside.
“I was at dinner with her Wednesday,” Renner recalled. “We have a community dinner and she was up there and we were talking.”