Plane crashes at residential complex in Nashua
GRAMMY WINNING DISNEY PARKS MAGICAL CHRISTMAS DAY PARADE CHRISTMAS. WE ARE BRIEFLY INTERRUPTING YOUR REGULAR PROGRAMING WITH SOME BREAKING NEWS COMING IN RIGHT NOW FROM NASHUA, WHERE A SMALL PLANE HAS CRASHED NEAR THE NASHUA AIRPORT. LET’S GET A LIVE LOOK AT THE SCENE RIGHT NOW. THIS PLANE CRASHED IN A RESIDENTIAL COMPLEX. THIS IS IN THE AREA OF CANONGATE ROAD THAT IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF ROUTE 101 A, AND IT IS NEAR THE NASHUA AIRPORT. THIS SMALL PLANE GOING DOWN RIGHT AROUND 230 THIS AFTERNOON. STEVE, YOU CAN LOOK UP AND SEE WHAT APPEARS TO BE A BIT OF DAMAGE TO THE CORNER OF THAT ROOF OF THIS RESIDENTIAL COMPLEX. YEAH, THE GREEN COLORED UNIT THERE. IN THE END, YOU CAN SEE THE ROOF, AND THERE ARE SOME PIECES THAT SEEM TO BE PULLED UP. AND THEN WE’RE LOOKING AT THE PLANE ITSELF IN THE FOREGROUND, JUST TO THE RIGHT OF THOSE THREE FIREFIGHTERS. YOU CAN SEE IT APPEARS TO BE UPSIDE DOWN. THE LANDING GEAR IS CERTAINLY ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THINGS AS WE LOOK AT THIS. WE KNOW FROM NASHVILLE POLICE THAT ONE PERSON WAS IN THIS PLANE. DON’T KNOW THEIR CURRENT STATUS. HAVEN’T HEARD WHETHER THERE WERE ANY INJURIES ON THE GROUND AS WELL. BUT JUDGING BY THE RESPONSE HERE, THIS IS CERTAINLY JUST KIND OF A LOT OF FIRST RESPONDERS WAITING AROUND AND ASSESSING THE SITUATION. YOU CAN SEE AS WE ZOOM IN THERE, THERE IS SOME OF THE LANDING GEAR. OBVIOUSLY THIS THING LANDED VERY HARD COMING JUST REALLY ACROSS AMHERST STREET ITSELF, JUST THE OTHER SIDE OF 101 A IS WHERE THIS WAS. IT’S MAYBE A FEW HUNDRED YARDS UP FROM THE ENTRANCE TO THE WHOLE FOODS, IF YOU KNOW WHERE THAT IS. IF YOU’RE COMING OFF OF EXIT SEVEN. SO THAT’S THE GENERAL AREA. YOU CAN SEE THE SCENE HERE. LOOKS LIKE IT JUST CLIPPED THE VERY EDGE OF THAT. YEAH. IT LOOKS LIKE THIS SMALL PLANE WENT DOWN. IT IS UPSIDE DOWN. YOU CAN SEE THE THE WHEELS UP IN THE AIR THERE AS FIRST RESPONDERS AND FIRE CREWS NOT RUSHING AROUND TO ATTEND TO ANYBODY OR ANYTHING RIGHT NOW, BUT JUST SORT OF SECURING THAT SCENE AGAIN, AS STEVE MENTIONED, NASHUA POLICE CONFIRMING ONE PERSON WAS ON BOARD. THIS PLANE WENT DOWN AT ABOUT 230. AGAIN, THIS IS ON CANAAN GATE ROAD, WHICH IS WEST OF THE EVERETT. IT’S RIGHT OFF 101 A NEAR THE NASHUA AIRPORT MARKET BASKET NEARBY, AS STEVE MENTIONED, ALSO A WHOLE FOODS RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD. SO IT IS A BUSY AREA. BUT AGAIN, FROM THIS PERSPECTIVE, IT LOOKS LIKE THE FIRST RESPONDERS JUST SECURING THIS AREA AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY THEY’RE SAFE. WE HAVE MULTIPLE CREWS THERE ON THE SCENE. WE ARE GATHERING INFORMATION FROM OFFICIALS AND FROM WITNESSES RIGHT NOW. WE WILL HAVE ALL THE LATEST FOR YOU COMING UP AT 4:00 HERE ON WMUR. AND OF COURSE, ANYTIME
A small plane crashed Wednesday afternoon into a residential neighborhood in Nashua. The plane crashed at a residential complex in the area of Cannongate Road, which is on the other side of Route 101A from Nashua Airport. The crash happened before 2:30 p.m., and fire officials said the pilot was the only person on board.An image from the scene shows a small plane upside down outside the row of homes. The image also shows apparent damage to the roof of one of the homes. >> Download the free WMUR app to get updates on the go: Apple | Google Play <
A small plane crashed Wednesday afternoon into a residential neighborhood in Nashua.
The plane crashed at a residential complex in the area of Cannongate Road, which is on the other side of Route 101A from Nashua Airport.
The crash happened before 2:30 p.m., and fire officials said the pilot was the only person on board.
An image from the scene shows a small plane upside down outside the row of homes. The image also shows apparent damage to the roof of one of the homes.
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Nashua fire officials said the pilot was able to get out of the plane with the help of bystanders. He was taken to a hospital, and the extent of his injuries was unknown.
No one else was hurt.
Fire officials said they believe the pilot was practicing taking off and landing at the airport before the crash.
The Federal Aviation Administration was investigating the crash and was expected to be at the crash site soon.
