Pilot of plane that crashed at Brethren Village in Lancaster County identified
Updated: 3:25 PM EDT Mar 10, 2025
Describe your experience of what you saw yesterday. Where were you when this plane came down? We live on *** 3rd floor apartment, and I was in the kitchen area. I heard *** big bang. So I ran out to the balcony, and then I saw the explosion. From the plain Yeah, so what was your, you know, what was your, you know, I know you said your husband was nearby, what was he doing? He was wiping off our car’s hubcaps, and our car, it was 7 cars away from where the plane hit. What was your immediate reaction when you saw this plane come down with all the pieces and things like that, and your husband being so close to it? When I saw the explosion. Along with that there was *** line of fire that went out to the left of the plain. And I thought, oh my, it’s leaking gas, and I was expecting. Some of the cars to maybe blow up from the gas right in front of them, but there were no more explosions after that. Um, I did see 3 cars that were totally burned out. Right in front of the plane and as I was watching the flames, that’s when I saw these people crawl out beside the car that the plane hit. They all crawled out on their knees, hands and knees. And then at that point I realized they were alive, and I was just kind of speechless.
Pilot of plane that crashed at Brethren Village in Lancaster County identified
Updated: 3:25 PM EDT Mar 10, 2025
News 8 has learned who was on board the plane that crashed into a retirement community parking lot in Lancaster County on Sunday.Video above: Hear from a crash witnessVenture Jets confirmed one of its board members, Matthew White, was the pilot. The passengers were members of White’s family.The company said the plane was White’s personal aircraft. It was not a Venture Jets aircraft.All five people on board the plane were initially transported to Lancaster General Hospital. Three of them were then transferred to Lehigh Valley Burn Center — two were airlifted and one was taken by ambulance. Two of the passengers remain at Lancaster General, a hospital spokesperson said.The plane came down about half a mile south of the Lancaster Airport in the parking lot of Brethren Village in Manheim Township. It sparked a fire that burned nearby vehicles.No one on the ground was hurt.No buildings were hit. Video below: Firefighter douses charred vehicles at scene of plane crash
MANHEIM TOWNSHIP, Pa. —News 8 has learned who was on board the plane that crashed into a retirement community parking lot in Lancaster County on Sunday.
Video above: Hear from a crash witness
Venture Jets confirmed one of its board members, Matthew White, was the pilot. The passengers were members of White’s family.
The company said the plane was White’s personal aircraft. It was not a Venture Jets aircraft.
All five people on board the plane were initially transported to Lancaster General Hospital. Three of them were then transferred to Lehigh Valley Burn Center — two were airlifted and one was taken by ambulance. Two of the passengers remain at Lancaster General, a hospital spokesperson said.
The plane came down about half a mile south of the Lancaster Airport in the parking lot of Brethren Village in Manheim Township. It sparked a fire that burned nearby vehicles.
No one on the ground was hurt.
No buildings were hit.
Video below: Firefighter douses charred vehicles at scene of plane crash
