By: Las Vegas Now Staff
Across the street from the house where the plane crashed is a senior community. Several residents witnessed the plane crash and spoke to Eyewitness News.
The people who live there are used to seeing and hearing planes over their heads. But they never expected to come outside and see a house on fire just 50 yards away.
“I heard the engine and I said I knew this plane was in trouble. This is what it sounded like — picking up, cutting out and then I got a glimpse of it from where I was standing and then I heard the explosion and the place was on fire.” Early this morning, James Guiry rushed to the fence to see what he'd heard.
3 Dead After Small Plane Crashes Into North Las Vegas Home
“I could see a fireman banging on the window and then I saw a woman in there, a silhouette of a woman,” he said.
Firemen were able to rescue the woman out of the house. She was rushed to the hospital, where she later died.
Eva Saunders was walking her dog when she saw the smoke. As a former nurse, she said she wanted to help. “My first thought when I saw the fire was please God, help the people who live there.”
The pilot and two of the people living in the house died. Saunders says this is the second plane crash in two years in this community.
“I've always said since I moved in here, I said one of these days something is gonna crash because they come here real low,” said Guiry.
“I'm moving because I'm scared because these people in North Las Vegas can't pilot a plane,” said Saunders.
Earlier this year, Forbes Magazine named the North Las Vegas Airport the most dangerous in the U.S.
Forbes' report showed there have been 63 runway incursions since 2001 resulting in six deaths.
The plane that crashed into Mt. Charleston back in June which killed four people also took off from North Las Vegas.
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