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3 dead after twin engine plane crashes behind home near Springfield airport, sheriff says
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WLS) – Three people are dead after a twin engine plane crashed several miles outside the Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport outside Springfield Tuesday afternoon, the Sangamon County sheriff said.
Officials said they received a call to the tower that an aircraft had crashed about seven miles south and east of the airport in a rural residential area. According to a homeowner, the plane crashed in back of a house.
The homeowner said his neighbor called to say the plane had crashed in his backyard, the man told WICS-TV in Springfield. He said there was no damage to his house or property, other than possibly a burned fence.
Officials described the plane as a light twin engine aircraft that would be able to hold up to six passengers. The Sangamon County sheriff said three people died in the crash though it was not immediately clear if more people were on the plane.
The Sangamon County Sheriff's Department says the pilot of the twin-engine Piper Aerostar reported having trouble with the plane's instruments prior to the crash. Officials said it missed two houses before crashing.
Officials said the plane was headed to Springfield from Huntsville, Alabama. It originally took off from Florida's Sarasota/Bradenton International Airport.
The Sangamon County coroner reported to the scene at the crash.
Authorities from multiple municipalities and counties have responded to the scene.
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