2 men killed in small plane crash in Broward identified
MIRAMAR -- Broward County officials on Tuesday identified the pilot and passenger who were killed when the small plane they were in crashed into a Miramar home, forcing people inside to flee for their lives.
The medical examiner's office identified the victims as Antony R. Yen, 34, and Jordan T. Hall, 32, from West Park. Both were killed at the scene when the single-engine Aventura II aircraft went down around 11:45 a.m. in the yard of a home located in the 2200 block of Jamaica Drive.
The crash scene is located about a half-mile south of North Perry Airport.
The Federal Aviation Authority said in a written statement Monday that two people were on board the craft when it went down. No one on the ground was killed or hurt during the incident.
A spokesperson for Miramar police said several people called 911 to report the downed plane.
One of them was Manyerenis Moreno who was inside the home with her child when she heard a loud noise.
"An airplane just fell on top of my house," she told 911. A police radio dispatcher also said a "plane was hanging from a house."
"I heard a loud noise and the plane was on top of us," Moreno said Monday. "I thought it was a transformer and so I grabbed my baby. It was a big noise and it was on top of us. I was afraid something was going to come through the roof. I went outside and saw the plane on the roof!"
CBS4's Peter D'Oench caught up with her on Tuesday after a crane removed the plane from the home and it was partially disassembled and taken away. Moreno was able to look at the damage.
"There is a lot of damage everywhere," she said. "I am really sad that everything is damaged and 2 lives are lost inside my house. I saw everything on the floor and you can smell the fuel. It is still on the floor. It is very sad. One moment you lose almost everything. I am very sad but I am ok. We don't know when we'll be able to go back in because there is no power and damage everywhere."
She said, "We also don't know where we are going to stay, my husband and I and my 2 sons who are 2 years old and 14 years old. We are poor. We stayed at a friend's house last night but tonight I don't know what we are going to do. It was really scary what happened to us."
"We were in the bedroom and I heard a big noise on top of my head and I grabbed my son and went out and much to my surprise saw a plane on top of my house. I am super grateful that my 2-year-old son and I survived. I am just very emotional about what happened and thank God I am alive and ok."
The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the crash.
An NTSB investigator began the process of documenting the scene and examining the aircraft.
Part of their investigation will be to request radar data, weather information, maintenance records and the pilot's medical records. NTSB investigators will also look at the human, machine and environment as the outline of the investigation.
"The preliminary report, which includes all the factual information learned to date, is expected to publish 15 days after the accident," the NTSB said.
The NTSB also said that investigations involving fatalities, and other major investigations currently take between 12 and 24 months to complete.