Boynton Beach police and fire responded to 911 reports of a small plane that crashed in the gated Dos Lagos neighborhood between Miner Rd. and Gateway Blvd. at around 1:16 Friday afternoon.
We have responded to a plane that has crashed behind a home in the Dos Lagos community. Media staging will be on Miner Road – there is an overpass in the 1400/1500 block. PIO headed there.
— Boynton Beach Police (@BBPD) March 6, 2020
The plane, a single engine Grumman American AA-5, had taken off from Palm Beach County Park Airport in Lantana at around 1:15 PM before crashing and coming to rest in the backyard of a home in the 1500 block of Miner Rd. along a canal. Dos Lagos is located due south of the airport. The plane’s pilot was the only person aboard and was killed in the crash, no other injuries were reported on the ground. The plane was last registered to Big Sky Aviation of Palm Beach.
#breaking: Here are eyewitness photos of the #boyntonbeach plane crash sent to me by an anonymous viewer. @WPTV https://t.co/QR1V6Ysvc3 pic.twitter.com/CYTys512cN
— Merris Badcock (@MerrisBadcock) March 6, 2020
The Federal Aviation Administration is also responding to the scene. Stay with 850 WFTL for the latest. This is a developing story