The pilot of a small plane with three others aboard, was killed after it crashed about 8:15 a.m. (11:15 a.m. ET) Monday in a residential neighborhood of Las Vegas, Nevada.
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) spokesman Ian Gregor said the crash occurred after the single-engined Piper Cherokee, registered in the name of a Louisiana resident, failed to gain altitude after taking off from Henderson Executive Airport, south of Las Vegas.
The pilot, identified by family-members as Douglas Touchet, 45, of Erath, tried to return to the airport, but the plane crashed on a street in a neighborhood about two miles northwest of Henderson, he added.
A spokeswoman for Clark County said the plane hit some cars upon crashing.
Touchet's wife, Susan, as well as their friends Randall and Tamika Savoy of Catahoula reportedly sustained non-fatal burn injuries.
Investigators from the FAA and National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) are investigating the crash.
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