Plane Crash Leaves No Survivors After Striking Tree, Nearly Hitting Homes

A plane crash over the weekend left no survivors after hitting a tree and nearly hitting homes in a Colorado town.

On Sunday, the North Metro Fire Department in Broomfield, Colorado reported a plane crash near the Anthem Ranch neighborhood.

"As a result of today's plane crash in Anthem Ranch, there were two fatalities. Sadly there were no survivors. No bystanders were injured and no homes were damaged," the North Metro Fire Department wrote on Twitter.

The crash on Sunday comes several days after one individual died in a plane crash near Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport, KDVR in Denver reported.

During a press conference on Monday, Mike Folkerts with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said that a Piper 32-260 aircraft departed from the Erie Municipal Airport at around 11:45 a.m. local time.

"The aircraft climbed on a shallow climb path and about half-a-mile from the departure end of runway 15, made a left turn and impacted terrain," Folkerts said. "It impacted in the Anthem Ranch area near the intersection of Anthem Ranch Road and Las Brisas Drive. It impacted with a left wing down attitude."

Folkerts continued, "After it impacted, it hit a tree and came to rest.… Very fortunately, no one on the ground was injured, nobody on the ground actually witnessed the accident, unfortunately. Obviously we have the two pilots were fatally injured from the accident."

While the plane did not damage any homes on the ground, Sara Farris, a spokesperson for the North Metro Fire Department told the Associated Press that it was "pretty miraculous" no homes were hit.

"It's hard for us as first responders and those of us in the community and residents to see this," Farris told the Associated Press.

During the press conference on Monday, Folkerts also explained that there was one witness on the plane's departure path at the Erie Municipal Airport. According to Folkerts, the witness heard "abnormal issues with the engine," adding that the witness is an experienced pilot.

"He described those issues as carburetor coughs," Folkerts said. "Then he heard the aircraft impact the ground about less than 10 seconds later."

Folkerts continued, "The weather at the time of the accident from the Erie airport was good. The winds were out of the south at about eight knots...10 miles visibility."

Newsweek reached out to the NTSB for comment.

According to KDVR news in Colorado, earlier this month, a plane crash near the Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport in Jefferson County, Colorado left one person dead. KDVR news reported that Mike Hodges with the NTSB said the plane "departed from controlled flight from unknown reasons and impacted terrain" around 12:30 p.m. The sole person aboard died, and the plane was destroyed."