A small plane crashed into a house in a Jackson, Miss., neighborhood for unknown reasons on Tuesday, Nov. 13.

The single-engine plane crash killed all three people aboard and injured a resident of the Mississippi home. The Piper PA-32 plane had just taken off from the Hawkins Field Airport in Jackson when it began to sputter as if it was out of fuel, according to a local police officer's eyewitness account. The unidentified authority told Fox News that the plane struck several trees as it went down.

Hinds County Coroner Sharon Grisham-Stewart told The Associated Press that three people died in the crash and their identities will be confirmed through dental records or DNA.

Michele Latham and her husband Roger, who own the plane, identified two of the people on board as John Tilton Jr. and W.C. Young to WLBT. She was unable to identify the third passenger but mentioned that all three men on board that lost their lives in the crash were pilots.

"We had three great men who lost their lives," Roger reportedly told The AP. "I just want to wake up in a while and say, 'This didn't happen.' "

Tilton was Roger's flight instructor. In an ironic twist, the men aboard the plane were traveling to a safety conference at the Federal Aviation Administration only 25 miles away, Michele told WLBT.

The couple's daughter Emily said that her father, Roger, was supposed to go on the trip also but changed his mind.

"He went hunting," Emily told WLBT. "Thank God."

The plane departed Hawkins Field Airport at 5:10 p.m. headed for Raymond, Miss., according to a news release issued by the Jackson Municipal Airport Authority. Shortly after taking off, the pilot asked for permission to return to the airport. The plane was unable to return and crashed into a neighborhood.

Vivian Payne, who lives about six blocks from the crash site, said she heard a loud bang that sounded different from an electrical transformer blowing.

"It shook the walls of my house," Payne said as she stood among ambulances, police cars and fire trucks, their lights flashing in the chilly night air.

The National Transportation Safety Board along with the Federal Aviation Administration will be investigating the cause of the crash, which is still unknown.
A rep for the area's local hospital, University of Mississippi Medical Center, confirmed one patient arrived shortly after the crash and was in their care. The rep did not disclose injury details citing privacy laws.

Roger said they wanted to take the plane out for a short flight before his next planned holiday trip to Gulf Shores, Ala., on Thanksgiving. The Lathams said they owned the plane for two and a half years and described it as being in "mint condition."