Four Dead In Silver City Plane Crash
Four people are dead after a single engine plane went down Friday afternoon behind Vans Mobile Home Park off Racetrack Road in the Arenas Valley.
By Sadho Ram — 24 May 2014, 02:54 PM — Updated over 10 years ago
Authorities say four people are dead after a small plane crashed near Silver City in southwestern New Mexico
A small airplane crashed while making a landing approach on Friday outside the southwestern New Mexico town of Silver City, killing all four people aboard and sparking a grass fire that prompted the evacuation of a nearby mobile home park.
Nobody on the ground was hurt in the accident, which occurred shortly before 4 p.m. at the Whiskey Creek Airport east of Silver City, home of Western New Mexico University, state police spokesman Sergeant Damyan Brown said.
yahoo.comThe single-engine plane went down about a mile northeast of Whiskey Creek Airport and then burst into flames. It's unclear if the crash was weather-related.
A propane tank adjacent to the airport exploded when the plane slammed into it, touching off the grass fire. Authorities evacuated the adjacent trailer park as a precaution, Brown said. The pilot and three other people aboard the plane all died, but their identities were not immediately available, he said. The cause of the crash was under investigation.
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FAA officials say that due to fire and crash damage, the type of aircraft can’t immediately be determined and it’s unknown who owned the plane
New Mexico State Police confirmed that a small plane has crashed near Silver City, killing four people.
Image via blogspot.comNational Transportation Safety Board investigators are expected to arrive at the crash scene Saturday.