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Plane lands in Georgetown neighborhood

Small grass fire started, mailbox destroyed

Updated: Monday, 30 Mar 2009, 3:01 PM CDT
Published : Monday, 30 Mar 2009, 9:25 AM CDT

    GEORGETOWN, Texas (KXAN) - A plane took a dive in Georgetown Sunday evening, making an emergency crash-landing on a residential street near the Georgetown Municipal Airport. The pilot and co-pilot walked away from the crash.

    Officials said the plane lost power around 7 p.m. as the pilot was approaching the airport, and the pilot found the next best thing - the Serenada subdivsion.

    Witnesses said a small grass fire started and a mailbox was destroyed, but no other damages were reported in the area.

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    Plane makes emergency landing in Serenada subdivision in Georgetown (Courtesy: Lance Lemanski)

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    Georgetown neighborhood sees plane make crash landing (Courtesy: Lance Lemanski)

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    Crash landing hits Georgetown subdivision (Courtesy: Lance Lemanski)

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    Crash-landing site in Georgetown

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    Debris from the crash landing in a Georgetown neighborhood lies on the ground

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    Plane crashed into a Georgetown mailbox

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    Ashlee Cain surveys the damage from a small plane that crashed in her front yard Sunday evening.

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    Ashlee Cain points to where the plane came crashing down

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