• Small plane crashes into house minutes after takeoff
• Three people injured and hospitalized

A small plane crashed into a house in Phoenix, Arizona, just minutes after taking off from Deer Valley Airport, causing significant damage to a child’s bedroom and injuring three people who were taken to the hospital.

Phoenix Fire Captain Todd Keller said the plane had been heading west when the pilot had to turn back due to an unknown issue, but it struck the house, tearing off part of the roof before landing in the neighboring yard near a swimming pool.

An eyewitness described hearing a “loud bang” at the moment of the crash. “It sounded like a bomb went off or someone slammed a trash can really hard,” they said.

Home surveillance cameras captured the crash, while aerial footage showed debris scattered across the roof, including a wing, with the fuselage crushed in the backyard.

A man inside one of the homes was injured and taken to the hospital in stable condition. A student pilot and their instructor were able to escape the wreckage and were also hospitalized.

The crash ruptured the plane’s fuel system, prompting a hazardous materials response as gasoline leaked into the first house hit.

Fire crews reported that the crash caused significant damage to a child’s room and another bedroom. The child was not in the house at the time.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) are investigating the cause of the crash to determine what led to the incident.