Pilot killed after Mooney M20 crashes into residential area in Minnesota

The sheriff’s office says there were no survivors aboard a plane that crashed in Victoria, Minnesota Saturday evening striking a house. The crash has closed Highway 5 near Rose Street throughout the evening as authorities investigated the crash site. According to the FAA, the single-engine plane took off from the Alexandria Municipal Airport and was set to land at Flying Cloud Airport in Eden Prairie when it went down at 5:40 p.m. and crashed into a vacant lot and a home. It’s unclear how many people were in the plane but deputies say everyone on board was killed. No one on the ground was injured. Investigators from NTSB say the plane involved is a Mooney M20M aircraft. Full story: