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A plane carrying five people crashed into a retirement home car park in Pennsylvania on Sunday.

The fiery crash happened around 3pm near Lancaster Airport, according to police, who said everyone on board the plane survived.

Police chief Duane Fisher said all five victims were taken to hospitals in unknown condition and nobody on the ground was hurt.

Audio from air traffic control captured someone on the plane reporting an aircraft door was open and requesting a landing at the airport.

An air traffic controller is heard clearing the plane to land, before saying, “Pull up!”

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The scene in the parking area at Brethren Village. Pic: NBC News

Moments later, someone can be heard saying the aircraft was down.

Brian Pipkin was driving nearby when he noticed the small plane climbing before it suddenly veered to the left.

“And then it went down nose first,” he said. “There was an immediate fireball.”

He said the plane narrowly missed hitting a three-story building at the sprawling retirement community about 75 miles (120 km) west of Philadelphia.

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A fire engine from the airport arrived within minutes, and more first responders followed quickly.

“It was so smoky and it was so hot,” Pipkin said. “They were really struggling to get the fire out.” A dozen parked cars were damaged, Mr Fisher said.

The plane was a single-engine Beechcraft A36TC model aircraft, manufactured in 1981, according to public records.

The FAA said it will investigate.

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