There was no unusual or warning communications from the airplane.No other information has been released at this time. The people in the plane were in contact with the airport in Bartow and preliminary reports indicate they showed no signs of an emergency. @PolkFire says both occupants … A nearby vehicle's window was shattered by debris, deputies said.”This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Authorities say they were no unusual or warning communications from the plane prior to the crash. STEWART: AND WHILE THE POLK COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS LEADING THE INVESTIGATION Two people were killed after their plane crashed into the front yard of a home north of Bartow Executive Airport Thursday morning, Polk County officials said. No one on the ground was hurt.The two people who died were a married couple inside the plane. A photo from the scene of the Cessna 340 plane crash at the Bartow Municipal Airport. THE POLK COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE CONFIRMED TO WESH 2 THAT 76-YEAR-OLD DENNIS POWELL, AND HIS WIFE, 73-YEAR-OLD BONNIE POWELL, WERE DEAD WHEN FIRST RESPONDERS ARRIVED. There is some damage to the driveway and an oak tree in the front yard. BARTOW — Polk County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that two people were killed when their airplane crashed into a northeast Bartow neighborhood Thursday morning. Copyright 2020 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. YOU NEVER KNOW.

THAT’S WHERE AUTHORITIES SAY THIS MOONEY M20J WAS HEADED WHEN IT CRASHED JUST AFTER 11:00 THURSDAY MORNING. >> WHEN IT WENT DOWN, I JUST YELLED. The Sheriff’s Office said around 11:30 a.m. a single-engine fixed-wing land-based plane was heading south toward Bartow Airport when it crashed into a neighborhood three-fourths of a mile from the airport.Investigators said there were no unusual or warning communications from the airplane.Deputies said the plane landed in the front driveway of the home on the 4600 block of Weston Road in Bartow.Bonnie Powell, 73, of Port Orange and Dennis Powell, 76, of Port Orange were killed in the crash.The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board are also investigating the crash. "As soon as I looked at them, there was nothing I could do, nothing at all. The plane crashed around 11:15 a.m. on Weston Road near David Drive in the Eagle Lake area by Bartow, Fla. Deputies said a married couple was on the plane.

POLK COUNTY, Fla. — A couple from Port Orange are dead after a small plane crashed into a front yard in Bartow on Thursday, deputies say. >> I WAS SCARED BECAUSE IT COULD HAPPEN CLOSE TO OUR HOUSE.

I wish I could have saved them," said neighbor April Merrill. The FAA says the single-engine Mooney M20J aircraft crashed just after 11 a.m. in the driveway of a home along Weston Road, less than a mile northeast of the Bartow Executive Airport.A married couple, 73-year-old Bonnie Powell and 76-year-old Dennis Powell, of Port Orange, Florida, died in the crash, the Polk County Sheriff's Office confirmed.Nearby residents said they heard the plane come down.“We heard it coming across and, all of a sudden, we heard the thump and we knew what had happened,” resident Roland Cook told FOX 13.

The plane crashed less than one mile from Bartow Executive Airport. >> IT SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS WAY TOO LOW, THEN A BIG BOOM. The accident happened just after 11 a.m. on Thursday, less than a mile away from the Bartow Executive Airport, which is east of Tampa, Florida, Fox 13 reported. “Hopefully, it is just a once in a lifetime thing.Investigators with the NTSB and FAA are trying to figure out what happened.“Bartow was in communication with them. Port Orange couple killed after plane crashes into front yard in Polk County This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. But for some unknown reason, they just lost altitude and crashed pretty much nose in,” explained Polk County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Scott Wilder.No homes were hit, and there were no injuries on the ground, authorities said.

Neighbors said a propeller knocked out a car window. Jon is a Web Producer for ClickOrlando and has been with News 6 since March 2019.

STEWART: ONLY TWO PEOPLE WERE ONBOARD THE PLANE, A MARRIED COUPLE FROM PORT ORANGE. U.S. Florida Airplane crash Crash Plane. EVA VILLARREAL AND HER NEIGHBOR SAW IT ALL, A PLANE CRASHING RIGHT INTO THE MIDDLE OF THEIR QUIET BARTOW NEIGHBORHOOD.

Officials said there were no signs of any distress and that the pilot was in contact with the airport, intending to land there.At this point, authorities are not saying what kind of aircraft crashed.Polk County Fire Rescue says they will not be making any kind of statement. The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the crash.