EAST HAVEN, Conn. — A small plane crashed in a working-class neighborhood near an airport Friday and engulfed two houses in flames, killing four to six people, authorities said.
The multi-engine, propeller-driven craft, a Rockwell International Turbo Commander 690B, struck two small homes a few blocks from Tweed New Haven Airport as it came in for a landing.
National Transportation Safety Board investigator Robert Gretz said Friday night there were casualty reports of two or three people in the plane and two or three on the ground. He said local and state authorities were at the scene looking for victims.
Soon after the crash, officials said at least three people were missing: the pilot and two children in one of the houses, ages 1 and 13. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy later said the plane might have been carrying two passengers.
Tweed’s airport manager, Lori Hoffman-Soares, said the pilot had been in communication with air traffic control and had not issued any distress calls.
