Small plane crashed into home near airport in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, killing all on board

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 March 30, 2025

A suburban community in Minnesota was rocked on Saturday when a small airplane crashed into a home near a small airport.

Nobody on the ground was injured or killed, but authorities said there were no survivors from the aircraft that wrecked the Brooklyn Park residential structure and engulfed it in flames, NBC News reported.

It is unclear how many people were on board the plane, and the incident is under investigation by local and federal authorities.

Plane crashed into home near airport, sets structure ablaze

Shortly after noon on Saturday, a small plane identified as a SOCATA TBM-700, a single-engine turboprop plane used for hauling freight or a handful of passengers, that was en route from Iowa's Des Moines International Airport, crashed into a home in Brooklyn Park while approaching the regional Anoka County-Blaine Airport in Minneapolis.

Per an incident report from the Aviation Safety Network, "data indicates that the plane was on a stable approach to Runway 9 before the aircraft turned sharply left and lost altitude."

A video posted on social media by a neighbor showed that the home that was hit by the plane was completely ablaze and likely a total loss.

Separately, drone footage filmed from a high angle showed firefighters attempting to douse the inferno, but seemed to indicate that the damage on the ground was limited to just that one burning structure.

NTSB to lead investigation of deadly incident

ABC News reported that investigators from the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board were headed to the scene of the crash and were expected to be on site by Sunday, with the NTSB taking over the lead role in the investigation.

"NTSB investigators are en route to the scene and are expected to arrive tomorrow," the board said in a statement. "Once on site, the investigators will begin the process of documenting the scene and examining the aircraft. The aircraft will then be recovered to a secure facility for further evaluation."

Per the NBC report, investigators will look closely at the pilot, the plane, and the environment it was operating in, as well as recorded information like the aircraft's flight data and its communications with air traffic control.

Flight originated in Florida before stopover in Iowa on way to Minnesota

USA Today reported that the initial information released by authorities about the plane crash in Brooklyn Park has raised more questions than provided answers thus far.

Flight tracking data indicates that the plane had first left an airport in Naples, Florida, on Saturday morning before arriving in Des Moines, Iowa, around 10:30 am. It took off from Iowa about 45 minutes later and was reportedly just a few moments away from its scheduled landing in Minnesota when it suddenly crashed in a residential area.

Notably, an official at the Naples airport said the plane was not a registered tenant there and had arrived about a week earlier on March 22, though it is unclear at this time where it came from prior to that.

A spokesperson for the Des Moines airport confirmed that the aircraft had passed through its facilities Saturday morning and said, "We are aware of this incident and our thoughts are with those affected."

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