5 injured after small plane crashes into residential area in Pennsylvania

Five people on board a small plane that crashed into a residential area in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, on Sunday survived and were taken to hospitals, authorities said.

Conditions for the five were unavailable. Manheim Township Fire Chief Scott Little said no one on the ground was injured, but five vehicles were damaged.

He would not provide any details about the injuries to those on board. The plane had just taken off from Lancaster Airport when it went down in the Brethren Village retirement community, he said.

The Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement the plane was a Beechcraft Bonanza with five people on board.

The aircraft, a popular single-engine model introduced in 1947 and usually able to carry six, crashed at 3 p.m., the FAA said.

Video from NBC affiliate WGAL of Lancaster showed the crashed plane in the parking area at Brethren Village, less than a mile from Lancaster Airport.

Brethren Village did not immediately respond to a request for more information Sunday.

Online images of the crash showed the tail of a plane in a parking lot with the rest of the aircraft engulfed in flames.

Little said the fire was extinguished and the scene was under control a little more than three hours after the crash.

Gov. Josh Shapiro said state police were helping first responders.

“All Commonwealth resources are available as the response continues, and more information will be provided as it becomes available,” he said on X.

The National Transportation Safety Board, which normally investigates such crashes, said it was aware of the situation and would release more information later.