COLOMBIA, SC (AP) – A small plane crashed in dense fog on Wednesday in a neighborhood near an airport in the capital of South Carolina, setting fire to a house, officials said. There was no immediate word on death or injury.
The plane crashed just before 11 am, about a kilometer from Jim Hamilton-LB Owens Airport, which operates non-commercial planes in Columbia, officials said.
Crime scene photos show the Richland County coroner walking towards the crash site in the Rosewood section of Columbia.
A house caught fire, but the fire was contained within minutes, the Columbia Fire Department said in a statement.
Federal investigators have been notified, the Columbia Police said in a statement.
The fog reduced visibility around the airport to 400 meters at the time of the accident, according to data from the National Meteorological Service.