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EVERETT - A man was killed Saturday when the single-engine plane he was piloting crashed into the backyard of a house approximately three miles northeast of Paine Field, according to police and the Federal Aviation Administration.
FAA spokesman Mike Fergus said the pilot called the control tower at Paine Field at 1:17 p.m. on Saturday and said he was having trouble with the plane's engine. Three minutes later, the engine quit, causing the YAK-55M to plummet to the ground. The plane burst into flames upon impact.
Residents in the area heard the crash and dialed 911.
"It sounded like a big hugh truck was coming in between the neighbor's (house) and ours, and I looked up to see a little airplane tail go down," said witness Rosie Scherueble.
The pilot had reportedly taken off from Paine Field at 9 a.m. on Saturday, headed to an unknown destination. He was returning from the trip when he crashed, Fergus said. He was flying in from the north at the time of the crash.
The pilot was the only person on board. His identity has not been released.
The plane is registered to Ernest N. Hernandez of Seattle. It is not known whether he was piloting the plane at the time of the crash.
The plane did not damage any structures. The National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the cause of the crash.
The Yak-55M plane is manufactured by a Russian company and named after A.S. Yakovlev, a Russian airplane designer. Yakovlev designed the Yak series of aircrafts, most of which were used as fighters by the Soviet Union in World War II. They're now commonly used for aerobatics.
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