A pilot died after crashing Tuesday in the parking lot of a Texas shopping center, just meters from the front door of a popular restaurant.
The downed single-engine Mooney M20 burst into flames shortly before 6 p.m. outside Mama’s Daughter’s Diner and Nail Addiction in the Midway Park neighborhood of Plano, a city 20 miles north of Dallas.
The plane did not land or hit anything when it crashed, but the inferno jumped onto a car parked nearby, Plano firefighters said. Fortunately there was no one inside the vehicle.
A plane crashed in the parking lot of a Texas shopping center on Tuesday, just feet from the front door of a popular restaurant. Austin Selkin The single-engine Mooney M20 burst into flames at 6 pm outside Mama’s Daughter’s Diner and Nail Addiction in the Midway Park neighborhood of Plano, a city 20 miles north of Dallas.FOX 4
Only the pilot was on board, the Federal Aviation Administration confirmed.
Air Park-Dallas Airport is less than a half mile from the crash site.
The plane had taken off from the single-runway airport moments before the crash, sources told WFAA.
Witnesses said the plane took a nosedive before landing in the parking lot.
Posts on social media show the plane and at least one other vehicle on fire. Austin Selkin The circumstances surrounding the accident and whether any bystanders were injured remain unclear. FOX 4
The cause of the accident remains under investigation.
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