VIDEO: Authorities in Hollywood responded to a deadly small plane crash Wednesday afternoon.
The crash happened at around 12:45 p.m. in the area of 450 N. Park Road, just north of Hollywood Boulevard and near a popular shopping plaza containing a Target and a Publix.
The plane appears to be a banner plane and it caught fire after crashing. Viewer photos and video showed the plane fully engulfed as firefighters arrived.
“You could feel the heat,” witness Chris Apinis said. “It was pretty, pretty intense.”
The Federal Aviation Administration identified the plane as a single-engine Piper PA-25-235.
City spokesperson Joann Hussey said the pilot died in the crash. Officials didn’t report any additional injuries.
“I was petrified,” witness Suzette Jadotte said. “I didn’t see anybody get out of the airplane. I knew for a fact whoever was in there was already dead.”