Propellor, other debris landed in driveway and front of house 250 feet west of impact house. Aircraft must have been disintegrating in the air, looks like prop and other engine parts hit separated. Pretty severe damage to front of house, no fire though.
One wing was off and in the street. Guy was putting out fire on it with garden hose.
I’m about 3 miles from the crash site. My neighbor was in her house when she heard an odd sound and thought “That sounds like an airplane”.
She walked down the hill and spotted the big smoke plume. About then all sorts of sirens started up. That caught my attention and I figured it was a wreck on the 91. My neighbor came wandering back and told me that she was sure it was an airplane crash, and she came real close to guessing what street it was on.
The engine that that prop came off of was not making power when it struck.
I am not expert, but accident scenes aren't what they seem sometimes. Intact airplanes (seemingly) w/ high impact speed and angle ( > 61 mph ) and their are no survivors. That 3 blade prop w/ one blade bent could have been at full throttle, 1 blade hit and the whole assembly liberated from the crank. Whatever it was, he didn't have power, out of options, and the last he wanted to do was hit a house. He'd have put in down on a street if he could have. Maybe one engine out, for whatever reason and or stall getting below VMC. Very sad, prayers for all those now dealing with loss and grief.