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At Least 5 Killed in Plane Crash at Arizona Golf Course 6 Killed in Plane Crash at Arizona Golf Course
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A single-engine plane carrying at least five people crashed on an Arizona golf course shortly after takeoff on Monday evening, killing everyone on board, the authorities said. A single-engine plane carrying six people crashed on an Arizona golf course shortly after takeoff on Monday evening, killing everyone on board, the authorities said.
Moments after the plane took off from the Scottsdale Airport around 9:30 p.m., it went down in a fiery crash on the TPC Scottsdale golf course, sparking a small fire at one of the golf holes. The course, which hosts the annual Phoenix Open tournament, is a few hundred feet from the airport’s northern tip. Moments after the plane took off from the Scottsdale Airport around 8:45 p.m., it went down in a fiery crash on the TPC Scottsdale golf course, sparking a small fire next to one of the golf holes. The course, which hosts the annual Phoenix Open tournament, is a few hundred feet from the airport’s northern tip.
A spokesman for the Scottsdale Police Department said that no one on the plane survived. At least five people were on board, the spokesman said, but the authorities did not know yet the total number of passengers. No one on the ground was injured. A spokesman for the Scottsdale Police Department said that none of the six people on the plane survived. The plane crashed next to a green patch on the Champions Course, one of two courses at TPC Scottsdale, the police said. No one on the ground was injured.
The Federal Aviation Administration identified the plane as a Piper PA-24, a single-engine aircraft that can hold up to six people. It was not immediately clear what caused the crash or where the plane was headed, the authorities said.The Federal Aviation Administration identified the plane as a Piper PA-24, a single-engine aircraft that can hold up to six people. It was not immediately clear what caused the crash or where the plane was headed, the authorities said.
An agency spokesman said that the F.A.A. and the National Transportation Safety Board were investigating. An agency spokesman said that the F.A.A. and the National Transportation Safety Board were investigating. Members of the N.T.S.B. blocked off part of the golf course on Tuesday morning as they inspected the crash site.
Versace King told The Arizona Republic that he saw the plane leave the airport and then heard what sounded like it stalling in the air before it slammed onto the golf course in a loud explosion. “I was like, ‘What the heck?’ So I drove over to the golf course and I saw the plane was engulfed in flames,” Mr. King told the newspaper.Versace King told The Arizona Republic that he saw the plane leave the airport and then heard what sounded like it stalling in the air before it slammed onto the golf course in a loud explosion. “I was like, ‘What the heck?’ So I drove over to the golf course and I saw the plane was engulfed in flames,” Mr. King told the newspaper.
TPC Scottsdale, which includes two courses, is about 15 miles northwest of downtown Phoenix. TPC Scottsdale is about 15 miles northeast of downtown Phoenix.