Watch: Plane carrying 4 crashes at Montana airport; large fire erupts

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A small aircraft crashed right into a parked plane whereas touchdown at a Montana airport on Monday, sparking a large fire however inflicting no severe accidents, authorities mentioned.The single-engine Socata TBM 700 turboprop plane, carrying 4 individuals, was making an attempt to land round 2.00 pm at Kalispell City Airport, as per the Kalispell police chief Jordan Venezio and the Federal Aviation Administration, experiences ABC News. The touchdown aircraft reportedly struck one other plane on the bottom, sparking a fire that unfold to a grassy space earlier than being extinguished. Several plane had been affected, mentioned Venezio, reported Fox News. Witnesses reported seeing a aircraft strategy from the south, crash-land at the top of the runway, and collide with one other plane, Kalispell fire chief Jay Hagen mentioned.The touchdown aircraft caught fire, however the pilot and three passengers had been in a position to get out on their very own as soon as it stopped, Hagen mentioned, including that the 2 passengers sustained minor accidents and had been handled at the airport. The small city-owned airport is situated simply south of Kalispell, a northwest Montana metropolis of roughly 30,000 residents.FAA data present the aircraft was in-built 2011 and is owned by Meter Sky LLC of Pullman, Washington. Aviation security marketing consultant Jeff Guzzetti, a former crash investigator for each the FAA and NTSB, mentioned collisions between touchdown planes and parked plane happen just a few instances a 12 months generally aviation, experiences ABC News.