The Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office says a small plane has crashed into a residential neighborhood in Fairview.
Just about 10:20 a.m. Saturday, a twin-engine Cessna 421C crashed into a residential neighborhood in Fairview .“At some point during the crash, it hit a power pole or tower, causing it to fall over. The aircraft crashed into a building of townhomes and that structure also caught fire,” said Deputy John Plock with the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office.
Officials said early Saturday afternoon that two people were onboard the aircraft, and one person was still missing from the townhomes.The FAA issued a statement Saturday morning saying in part, “A twin-engine Cessna 421C crashed near the Troutdale Airport in Oregon around 10:30 a.m. local time. The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board will investigate. The NTSB will be in charge of the investigation and will provide any updates.
Viewer video and photos from the area showed a black column of smoke coming from the townhomes. Drone video from a KATU Viewer showed heavy fire coming from one of the units. "Yeah, heard the plane descending down, just kind of doing my thing out here. Then the next thing I know I here are explosions," Donni Calvert told KATU."All of a sudden she got knocked back by a boom and hit her into the fence and stuff," Julie Ritchie-Cody described her sister's experience just before losing the home to the crash. "So what we could salvage was important pictures to us of our parents.
The Cessna was attempting to land at the Troutdale Airport. Audio recordings from LIVEATC.net indicate the plane was having control issues. The plane was cleared to land back in Troutdale but never made it.As federal aviation officials try to figure out the cause, others are left wondering what to do next. "Just trying to recover from this, you know, it's going to take a lot of prayer and close friends and family," Ritchie-Cody added.
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