2 Killed in Penn. Neighborhood Plane Crash, Residents Believe Pilot Tried to Ensure 'No One Else Got Hurt'

A small plane crashed into a residential neighborhood in Pennsylvania on Thursday afternoon, killing both people on board.

Although the circumstances of the crash are still unknown, the aircraft “struck an unoccupied vehicle” near a local middle school and then “caught on fire,” according to an FAAincident report.

The Hilltown Police Department said in a statement that “one house sustained damage from part of the propeller penetrating through a second floor bedroom wall,” but that “no persons on the ground were injured.”

Speaking withCBS Philly, one neighbor said they believe the pilot “was trying to come down the street to make a landing so nobody would get hurt.”

“He knew he was going down and he did the best he could to make sure no one else got hurt in the process,” added fellow neighbor Ashley Lapat.

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Loved ones have identified one of the victims as Brian Filippini to bothThe Bucks County Courier Timesand ABC affiliateWPVI.

Filippini, a husband and father of three, was the owner of the plane involved in the crash, per WPVI.

The Bucks County Coroner’s Office toldThe Bucks County Courier Timesthat autopsies for both victims are scheduled for Saturday.

According to an NTSB investigator, one of the pilots on board had a private license and was training to receive a commercial license, reported WPVI.

Friday marked investigators' “first full day on scene,” an NTSB spokesperson tells PEOPLE in a statement.

“The investigators will continue to document the scene and examine the aircraft,” they say. “Part of the investigation will be to request radar data, weather information, air traffic control communication, aircraft maintenance records and the pilot’s medical records.”

source: people.com