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Pilot and passenger die after homemade plane crashes onto Arizona road

The single-engine Acroduster hit a major intersection, only two days after another homemade plane crashed in the same state.

The pilot and sole passenger were killed. Pic: ABC15.com
Image: The pilot and passenger were killed. Pic: ABC15.com
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Two people have died after a homemade plane crashed on a road in Phoenix, Arizona, colliding with a car as it came down.

The single-engine Acroduster hit a major intersection close to the city's Deer Valley Airport.

Pilot Theodore Rich, 54, was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

His passenger, 49-year-old Elaine Carpenter, died after being taken to hospital in a critical condition.

The driver of the car got treatment for head pain after initially refusing to go to hospital.

The aircraft collided with a car at an intersection. Pic: ABC15.com
Image: The aircraft collided with a car at an intersection. Pic: ABC15.com

Both the Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board will investigate.

Operations at the small airport, which does not serve commercial airlines, were unaffected.

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It is the second fatal crash involving a homemade plane in Arizona in two days.

On Sunday, the bodies of two men were recovered from rugged terrain in Camp Verde, 90 miles (144km) north of Phoenix.