Two people were killed on Sunday afternoon when a Beech King Air C90 crashed into several parked semitrailers near Hicks Airfield (T67), north of Fort Worth, Texas. The aircraft, which took off from nearby Fort Worth Alliance (KAFW), struck a parking area used to store trucks, campers, and other vehicles before igniting multiple fires that spread to a nearby commercial building, according to the Fort Worth Fire Department.
Spokesman Craig Trojacek told The New York Times described the fires as so intense that responders were initially unclear about the fire’s source.
Fort Worth Fire Department confirms there has been a plane crash near Hicks Airfield, just off of Business 287 in Tarrant County. The crash happened in the 12000 block of N. Saginaw Blvd., near Avondale.
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It is believed the small aircraft crashed into multiple semi-trucks,… pic.twitter.com/qkfZYqOj2G
“We thought we were responding to two separate incidents,” he said. “Later on, we realized it was all part of the same one.”
Emergency crews from several local agencies began arriving to the scene of the accident at around 1:30 p.m. and found two people dead at the scene.
Witnesses described hearing explosions and seeing flames as they rushed to the area.
🚨🇺🇸 TRAGIC PLANE CRASH KILLS TWO NORTH OF FORT WORTH
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Two people were killed after a small plane crashed Sunday afternoon in the 12700 block of North Saginaw Boulevard near Avondale, north of Fort Worth, Texas.
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“You honestly couldn’t even tell a plane was inside that fire,” said witness Gregory Delano, speaking to The New York Times.
The National Transportation Safety Board confirmed it has opened an investigation into the crash, along with the Federal Aviation Administration.
Sunday’s crash came just a day before another deadly crash involving a TBM-700 in Massachusetts that shut down part of I-195 on Monday morning.
While I doubt it is the cause, interesting that. this airframe was involved in a significant incident in 2011. (https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40368070&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF)
Suspect the NTSB will be looking at the airframe (or what’s left) with a fine tooth comb