Two people were killed tonight when a small plane crashed into a home in a subdivision near Waubonsee Community College in the far west suburb of Sugar Grove.
The two fatalities were both in the plane, while four people were in the home at the time of the crash, said Kane County Sheriff’s spokesman Pat Gengler.
Citing earlier information the FAA had said one fatality was in the plane and one on the ground when the small, single-engine plane crashed into a home in Sugar Grove.
However, Gengler said the early report was incorrect.
The plane was en route from Aurora to the Denver area, according to an FAA recorded message.
Ken Voight, who lives about 1/2 mile from where the plane went down at about 7:15 p.m., said the plane went down inear Route 47, across the street from the north entrance to Waubonsee Community College.
The crash occurred about 3 miles north of the Aurora Airport, he said.
The residence hit by the plane is a large home at the corner of Route 47 and Old Oaks Road, with an address of 43W420 Old Oaks Road.
Voight said he was sitting down to eat dinner when he heard a “very low” flying airplane over his home. He said while planes routinely fly over head from the airport, this plane appeared to have engine problems.
“This one came much lower than normal, really loud engine noise like [the pilot] was really trying to get the engines to go, and then maybe 10 seconds later we heard and felt the impact. … It shook our house.” said Voight. “It flew so low over our house that my wife and I both ducked our heads.”
Voight said that after the explosion he and a neighbor jumped into a car and drove to where the noise had come from. He said some of the debris was in a vacant lot across the street from the north entrance of the college.
“All we saw was a lot of small fires widely scattered, like campfires,” Voight said.
Voight said another neighbor told him that the plane appeared to circle overhead once, and as it was circling overhead again the plane went down. Voight said there was fog in the area.
–Carlos Sadovi and Daarel Burnette II
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