Officials: 3 dead after small plane crash in San Antonio

December 3, 2019 at 2:15 a.m. | Updated December 3, 2019 at 2:18 a.m.

by Associated Press

Investigators from the Federal Aviation Administration inspect and gather information at the scene of a small private plane crashed on Monday, Dec. 2, 2019, in San Antonio. Multiple were killed Sunday when the single-engine plane crashed on a city street one block away from a residential area while attempting to land at San Antonio International Airport, authorities said. (Bob Owen/The San Antonio Express-News via AP)
Investigators from the Federal Aviation Administration inspect and gather information at the scene of a small private plane crashed on Monday, Dec. 2, 2019, in San Antonio. Multiple were killed Sunday when the single-engine plane crashed on a city street one block away from a residential area while attempting to land at San Antonio International Airport, authorities said. (Bob Owen/The San Antonio Express-News via AP)

SAN ANTONIO - Officials say three people were killed when a single-engine plane crashed while attempting to land at San Antonio International Airport.

San Antonio Fire Chief Charles Hood says the plane went down around 6:30 p.m. Sunday in a commercial district about a mile west of the airport.

Hood says the plane took off from Sugar Land, southwest of Houston, and was heading to Boerne when it experienced engine trouble and diverted to San Antonio. Boerne is about 30 miles (50 kilometers) north of the city.

Hood says flight logs indicate three people were on board.

National Transportation Safety Board spokesman Peter Knudson says federal investigators are expected to arrive at the scene on Tuesday.

Officials say no structures were damaged in the crash and no one else was injured.

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