2 dead in plane crash at Nevada RV park near airport
SPARKS, Nev. — A small plane that crashed into a northern Nevada recreational vehicle park, killing both people on board, plunged nose-first close to occupied RVs — and no one on the ground was hurt, authorities said Wednesday.
The single-engine Beechcraft A36 crashed in the city of Sparks, about a half-mile from a runway at Reno-Tahoe International Airport.
The crash caused a fire that damaged several RVs and vehicles, said Sparks police Lt. Pete Krall. But people in nearby RVs escaped uninjured.
“There was a potential for a really catastrophic event,” Krall said. “The fact it wasn’t worse was really very lucky.”