Lance Impacts Home On Roanoke Island

Two people are hospitalized after a Piper Lance impacted the second story of a house on Roanoke Island, NC Tuesday night.

WAVY-10 reports the single-engine aircraft was attempted to land at Dare County Regional Airport (MQI) in Manteo at around 6 pm, when the aircraft struck a pine tree. The aircraft subsequently came to rest on the second-story deck of a private home. The crash resulted in spilled fuel, but there was no fire.

Online tracking information from FlightAware.com shows the PA-32R-300 (similar to type shown below) was operating under an IFR flight plan. The aircraft departed Monroe Regional Airport (EQY) at approximately 4:20 pm, bound for Dare County.

Neither passenger in the aircraft appeared to be injured, though both were taken to a nearby hospital as a precaution. A witness to the accident told the station he heard the plane pass overhead, and said it sounded like its engine was having problems.

"The street is like a runway," added nearby resident Kim Winslow. "You can almost see the pilots as they fly by."

IDENTIFICATION
  Regis#: 7918C        Make/Model: PA32      Description: PA-32 Cherokee Six, Six, Saratoga, Turbo
  Date: 01/13/2009     Time: 2250

  Event Type: Accident   Highest Injury: None     Mid Air: N    Missing: N
  Damage: Destroyed

LOCATION
  City: MANTEO   State: NC   Country: US

DESCRIPTION
  AIRCRAFT ON LANDING,  STRUCK A HOUSE, MANTEO, NC

INJURY DATA      Total Fatal:   0
                 # Crew:   2     Fat:   0     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:   
                 # Pass:   0     Fat:   0     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:   
                 # Grnd:         Fat:   0     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:   

WEATHER: 360009 4R OVC003 46/46/982

OTHER DATA
  Activity: Unknown      Phase: Landing      Operation: OTHER

  FAA FSDO: GREENSBORO, NC  (SO05)                Entry date: 01/14/2009

FMI: www.faa.gov, www.flightaware.com