the small plane went down yesterday afternoon near saunders lane and west goshen township. that's about two miles from brandywine airport where the plane took off. matt delucia is live at the scene there this morning. and matt, this plane crashed very close to some homes, right? >> reporter: absolutely chris. this plane crashed not far from houses and a senior apartment complex. and right now there are no investigators out here at the scene, but you do see that police are out here guarding this area until the investigators come back. it was a very different look yesterday where the area was surrounded by rescue workers. investigators are going to be looking at the plane and listening to witness accounts of what happened. but witnesses describe to us hearing strange noises. the small piper single engine plane was sputtering before it nosedived into the woods. now the plane took off from brandywine airport and crashed just moments later. there were two men in the plane. both were killed and one of them we are told lives in west goshen. one man out here who lives in this area

our live camera in west goshen township catching flakes. but first alert radar is tracking sun for this day. good morning to you. i'm chris cato. let's go to bill henley and the first alert forecast. >>> we have light snow and rain out there that we're tracking on the radar. the first alert radar shows to the south warmer temperatures producing rain in delaware and in southern chester and lancaster counties. but farther north and west it's cold enough for some snow and the snow is falling. the snow is not going to be accumulating with the exception of the pocano mountains, which are running colder. they could see half an inch of snow in the mountains. steadier snow in berks and lehigh county. pottstown in the middle 30s. rain headed for philadelphia 39 degrees. we'll go through it hour by hour with future weather when i'm back in ten. let's go to christine maddela. >>> happy monday. we're seeing a lot of green and are not seeing major slowdowns on the pennsylvania turnpike 295 into new jersey. but speaking of new jersey i'm watching a crash

> skyfox flies over the scene near the intersection of saunders lane and andrew drive in west goshen townshipa small plane had just gone down after taking off sunday afternoon. only two men were on board both the pilot and passenger killed. >> i did hear a bank earlier i guess when it happened and i look out and i saw a pickup truck coming up this road and i saw three people jump out and run into yard. >> faa is investigateing and says the piper pa28 single engine plane took off from brandywine airport located on the other side of the route 202 but sputter the and crashed down to earth. the wreckage found in a field near a handful of homes hatteria son hills senior living complex. >> there's lot of black smoke up in the air. as we passed the retirement home there we saw, you know, flames about 20 feet up in the air. >> i do know some pilots i work for the airline ion know pilots that fly out of here. sad to hear people didn't make it. >> reporter: authorities have yet to release the name its the victims. neighbors say it could have been worse. >> you know, thank god it didn't hit the senior c

this morning matt delucia is live in west goshen township. matt, you were there before the feds, what have you learned? >> reporter: yes, there are no investigators out here at the moment but before we go back to the video, i want to show you where this happened. clearly, you can't see anything behind us because it's dark and a little ways back but this is where we are right now in this parking lot. you can see right here by this wooded area that's where the crash happened yesterday. you can also see that there are homes and businesses nearby. now, we'll go ahead to show you video again with a different look from above. you can see the wreckage of this single-engine plane and investigators will be looking at the aircraft and listening to witness accounts of what happened here. but witnesses tell us the plane was sputtering before taking a nosedive into the woods. again, this happened just moments after takeoff from brandywine airport. both of the men in the plane were killed and one of them we are told lives in west goshen. >> i was at a reti

single engine piper cherokee went down in goshen township yesterday afternoon. ntsb and faa trying to figure out why the plane crashed moments after takeoff from the brandy wine airport. two men aboard died. officials still haven't released their names. >>> an overnight fire forces a family of six out of their home in camden. the fire broke out in the attic of this house on high street around 12:30 this morning. firefighters had the flames under control in about a half hour. no one was hurt. the cause is still under investigation. >>> regional rail line finally back to normal. the line resumed operations earlier this morning after being shut down because of the aftermath of a fire. on saturday flames ripped through a vacant warehouse on westmoreland street in north philadelphia. it impacted the line stopped while construction crews demolished and unsafe wall near the tracks. >>> happening right now, opening staimts statements under way in corruption trial of six officers. they say they beat up drug dealers robbing them of cash and drugs and even selling some of

killed in a small plane crash in chester county, sky fox is over the keen this afternoon in west goshen township. beginning i'm iain page. >>> i'm joyce evans. plane left the brandywine airport and something went terribly wrong. fox 29's dave kinchin is live near the scene of the crash dave? >> reporter: joyce, a very active scene here and a tragic situation here the faa, and west goshen township police are, on the scene, the plane crashed, area is just beyond two properties here in a field, now here's what we know as we go to video right now. the pilot and passenger died from their injuries in this crash. sky fox is over the wreckage and faa tells us that a piper pa 28 took off there brandywine airport and then crashed around 1:40 near saunders lane and andrew drive. two people than board including the pilot, local authorities say that the plane sputtered in the air before losing control and crashing down. the the causes not yet clear of course but neighbors tell us what they heard. >> i didn't see anything but i did hear a bang earl willer when it happened and i looked out and saw a pickup tru

the plane crashed not far from the senior living facility in west goshen township. the victims' names have not been released. >>> police in delaware county say the girlfriend of a slain off off-duty police officer was rushed to the hospital. she is being questioned in the shooting debt of mark hudson. she was inside the home when he was killed saturday. police have not said why she was rushed to the hospital last night. you'll hear from hudson's co-workers in the next half-hour. >>> fire left a beloved north philadelphia bakery badly damaged. the blaze struck at denise's delicacies on north 22nd street, early yesterday morning. the fire came at the worst possible time with easter just a week away. >> mother's day is one of our biggies. needless to say well not be celebrating either one of those if we do rebuild it will take a good while. >> reporter: so there's no word on a cause but investigators think the fire started in the kitchen in the back of the building. >>> happening today a preliminary hearing is scheduled for bucks county family accused in a multimillion

live in west goshen township, chester county, vernon odom, "channel 6 action news." >> thank you are vernon. 7 people are helped by the red cross after germantown caught fire earlier this morning and it happened 5 a.m. on the 200 block of east ashimmediate street. it took crews ten minutes to place the fire under control. but not before one man was injured. he was rushed to einstein for smoke inhalation and was in stable condition. no word what caused the fire. >> just a week before easter a popular bakery in north philadelphia was heavily damaged by fire this morning. denise's delicacies opened 25 years ago and neighborhood favorite that draws big crowds every holiday. tonight the owner is trying to figure out how to pick up the pieces. "action news" reporter annie mccormick has more. >> firefighters responded to this early morning blaze in north philadelphia quickly and got the fire under control within an hour. but the damage left behind is too severe for the employees of denise's dell cassies to get back to work. >> it has not hit me yet but i'm getting a lot of phone calls and w

two people were killed when the small plane went down in west goshen township after takeoff.nvestigators have joined the search for clues. john rawlins is live on the scene with more. good afternoon john. >> reporter: hi, nydia well,

. >> the pilot and passenger were killed just after 1:30 this afternoon west goshen township not far from senior living facility. crash happened two miles from brandywine airport where the pilot took off. >> vernon odom joins us liver with the latest. vernon west goshen police are not releasing names of those who pairished in today's crash. it was brisk and clear. a beautiful day for flying. the piper cherokee remains in the field where it crashed andrew drive and sanders lane covered by red tarp less than 2 miles from brandywine airport where the flight originated. >> it was observed by people in the area that the plane took off from brandywine airport and shortly after taking off the plane started to sputter and then basically took a nosedive and came in down in the woods behind us brad was traveling when he sought fire. >> bunch of smoke and flames 20 feet up in the air. i thought it was a brush fire or something. obviously after we passed retirement center you could tell it was not that. >> harrison hill retirement complex was not affected at all and firefighters put the blaze out

the crash scene is about two miles from the airport, near saunders lane in west goshen township. randy gyllenhaal joins us live near the scene. randy, are officials saying anything about the victim? >> well they are saying that two people a pilot, and passenger, were on board this aircraft, but the investigation is really just getting start. we're being kept far back from the actual crash site it's behind this red barn. that's where the aircraft crashed into the ground. right near a number of homes, and a large apartment complex. the burnt wreckage of the small piper aircraft sits not 50 yards from homes and apartments. officials say the pilot and one passenger had just taken off from braent brandywine airport. >> shortly after taking off, the plane started to sputter and then basically took a nose dive and came down in the woods behind us. >> reporter: the ntsb will investigate the official cause of the crash. but witnesses say it sounded lilk the plane may have lost power, then stalled. both the fight and passenger were killed on impact. >> couldn't see anything. just heard a b

two people were killed when the small plane went down in west goshen township after takeoff. federal investigators have joined the search for clues. john rawlins is live on the scene with more. good afternoon john. >> reporter: hi, nydia well, we're learning more about that particular flight that occurred yesterday. it's commonly referred to as a check flight. the owner of the aircraft was aboard he is a qualified pilot and qualified pilot at the time and faa designated flight instructor. it's a routine event that went terribly wrong for some reason at 1:30 afternoon. >>> me and my daughter were driving down 202. we saw flames up behindment -- the retirement complex. >> reporter: it was not a building fire, instead it was a cherokee piper plane that crashed. police along with investigators were back at the crash site. the question for the experts why did the roughly one ton single engine plane with two qualified pilots aboard fly and fall from the sky. making their job more difficult the fire may have destroyed evidence that could help investigators to learn what went wrong.

the piper went down moments after taking off from brandywine airport in goshen township. the pilot and passenger both died. >>> body shop owner in delaware county accused of orchestrating an elaborate insurance scam. police say part of his scheme involved staging car crashes. tonight they have a warning for the shop's customers. here's nbc10's deanna durante. >> reporter: shortly after his arrest, frank wilson owner of transformers collision specialists, didn't want to say much. prosecutors say a tip led them to put his two auto body shops under surveillance and watch. >> he sometimes would take a forklift and ram them into the side of the car or back. other times, it was a steel beam at 850 summit avenue he was drive the car once he got inside 850 summit avenue he would close the door and drive the car into a steel beam. to show further damage. >> the delaware county district attorney says he would make more damage or do superficial repairs to maximize payout. investigators say these ten took part. >> these individuals, our position is, knew what they were getting into.

the piper pa-28 went down moments after taking off from brandywine airport in west goshen township. both the passenger and pie lotlot died. >>> we have the latest in the investigation against joe paterno and the ncaa. a judge ruled that paterno's estate cannot sue from breach of contract for the ncaa's actions in response to the jerry sandusky scandal. the judge said this lawsuit repeated the breach of contract claims it had previously dismissed. despite the ruling, other aspects of the lawsuit will continue to move forward. >>> and prosecutors may be moving closer now to filing criminal charges against the florida eye doctor and new jersey senator bob menendez. a federal investigation has centered on whether that senator abused his office by taking action to benefit the doctor in exchange prosecutors say menendez accepted bribes from salman menjin. he denies any wrongdoing. >>> and the world meeting families visit is in september and now a local high school is joining the momentum ahead of the pope's historic visit. katy zachry is live outside st. joe's prep in northeast philly wit

a small plane went down yesterday afternoon near saunders lane in west goshen township. that's about two miles from brandywine airport where the plane took off. nbc 10's matt delucia is live at the crash scene this morning. and matt this plane crashed not far from homes, right? >> reporter: that is right, chris. there are homes and a senior apartment complex in this general area. this plane managed to miss all of them. and witnesses saw the single-engine piper crash into the woods. witnesses here described to us hearing strange noises saying the small piper single engine plane was sputtering before nosediving into the woods. the plane took off from brandywine airport and crashed just moments later. there were two men onboard. both were killed and one of them lives in west goshen. and because this crash happened so close to home it has people around here shocked but relieved. >> very close. so thank god for the pilot but then the pilot and the passenger didn't make it which is sad. it's sad to hear people didn't make it. >> reporter: right now the scene still has yellow t

the plane crashed yesterday in west goshen township shortly after take off from brandywine airport. single engine piper ended up behind a house and then caught fire. investigators say two pilots were aboard one of them likely an faa certified flight instructor. >>> the owner of a darby borough auto shop among 11 people charge charged in an insurance fraud scheme. frank wilson who's the own are in of traps formers collision specialists is accused of of defrauding insurance companies of $85,000 with the help of 10 co conspirators. a part of the alleged scheme involved causing damage to cars to inflate claims. wilson is also accused of offering kickbacks to people who received customers to his business with a portion of the insurance payout. he is out on bail tonight. >>> darby borough police have arrested the girlfriend of slain officer mark hudson while they continue to investigate his shooting death. 27-year-old tie anna finch was charged for an incident aft august in which she allegedly threatened hudson with a weapon. sources tell "eyewitness news" officer hudson then took out a r

. >> "action news" reporter john rawlins is live near the crash site in west goshen township with the>> reporter: well, those official identifications may not come until wednesday now. we'll get to that in a moment. in the meantime we are learning more about the particular flight yesterday. it was an evaluation flight. what is known as a check ride sometimes. it's a requirement if you are a u.s. pilot to stay current you have to fly with an faa designated flight instructor once every two years. so, in this case, that means both men in that plane were pilots. family members of one of the pilots killed yesterday stopped by the crash site today. distraught they spoke briefly with federal investigators and stopped to just see the place where the four seater single engine piper cherokee slammed into the earth. early this morning an ntsb and faa investigator with the help of the west goshen police began the process of trying to figure out what made the plane with both a licensed pilot and a certified flight instructor at the controls fall from the sky. >> we have witness accounts

it went down moments after taking off from brandywine airport in west goshen township. the pilot and passenger died. the plane crashed into a wooded area not far from houses and a senior apartment complex. today nbc10 delaware bureau reporter tim furlong takes us to a local aviation school. that's where the focus is on safety in smael planes especially when it comes to airports and residential areas. >> airport is over this way. >> reporter: kevin lives near the delaware air park in cheswald where lots of people learn to fly small planes. >> i see them all the time. i'm amazed how low they get. >> reporter: delaware state university has 11 planes here for its aviation students. when it comes to safety they don't mess around here. they practice plenty down on the ground in the simulator. >> that bare met rick or radar? >> reporter: instructors say it's safe to live near here or other small airports. the likelihood of something going wrong are statistically very low. >> it's very slim, yes. i wouldn't be -- i would live near an airport with my own family. i'm not that fea

it crashed near saunders lane in west goshen township. that's about two miles from brandywine airport, where it took off. nbc 10's randy gyllenhaal is live at the airport. and what are investigators saying tonight, randy? >> reporter: well george they confirmed two men were on board the aircraft, both of them killed. one of them lives here in chester county. now aircraft come in and out of brandywine airport every single day. this is the first time in some ten years they've had a deadly accident in this case right after takeoff. when you live next to an airport, you get used to the sounds of takeoffs and landings. so when the small piper aircraft started making strange noise, witnesses knew something was wrong. >> shortly after taking off, the plane started to sputter. and then basically took a nosedive and came down in the woods behind us. >> stalled, the plane is about 20 feet up in the air. >> people driving by say the plane burst into flame, the pilot crashing into a wooded area not far from houses and a senior living apartment comple

sputtered and then went into a nose dive crashing 2 miles away near a retirement home in west goshen townshipthe two men inside that plane were killed. their entities have not been released. >> the crash jar man wings 9525 the life of the co-pilot planted microscope he had suicidal tendencies before he became a pilot. german prosecutors believe the co-pilot purposely purposely through flu the plane into the french alps killing everybody on board. he had been getting treatment recently but had not exhibited suicidal or violent tendencies. investigators say they have not found a suicide note or anything else that points to a motive as of yet. >> we have found medical documentation that showed no organic medical illness. >> meanwhile france is sending 500 emergency workers and police to the crash site. so far recovery teams have identified dozens of strains of dna among the remains of the victims. ♪ >>> neighbors watch in horror as a building roof collapse under a firefighter. he plunges into the flames. the incredible effort to pull him out alive. >> a military veteran calls it a slap in the fa

sputtered and then went into a nose dive crashing 2 miles away near a retirement home in west goshen townshipthe entities of the two men killed have not been released. >>> to the deepening investigation into deadly plane crash in the french alps. we already know investigators believe the co-pilot crashed that plane on purpose. today, we may have the first clues why. fox 29's joyce evans in the studio with today's developments. joyce? >> reporter: lucy, we first heard reports about possible disturbing behavior days ago when investigators spoke to the co-pilot's girlfriend. they look deeper hoping for some more concrete clues and today they found them. we learned that he thought about killing himself years before becoming a pilot. potentially troubling new details about the mental health of germanwings co co-pilot andreas lube bits. german prosecutors say he received treatment for suicidal tendencies years before becoming a pilot. his recent health issues, however d not include thoughts of killing himself or vision problems. >> there is not been any indication of a motivation and no suicide not

t goshen township with the very latest. john. >> reporter: well, those official identifications may not come until wednesday now. we'll get to that in a moment. in the meantime we are learning more about the particular flight yesterday. it was an evaluation flight. what is known as a check ride sometimes. it's a requirement if you are a u.s. pilot to stay current you have to fly with an faa designated flight instructor once every two years. so, in this case, that means both men in that plane were pilots. family members of one of the pilots killed yesterday stopped by the crash site today. distraught they spoke briefly with federal investigators and stopped to just see the place where the four seater single engine piper cherokee slammed into the earth. early this morning an ntsb and faa investigator with the help of the west goshen police began the process of trying to figure out what made the plane with both a licensed pilot and a certified flight instructor at the controls fall from the sky. >> we have witness accounts of

our live camera in west goshen township catching flakes. but first alert radar is

chopper 6 was over the wreckage in west goshen township yesterday. traffic. >> reporter: good morning, tam we had an accident on schuylkill expressway eastbound near montgomery that has cleared. we're looking live near girard, eastbound traffic is jammed from the blue route to the curve. it's westbound that's a 4 manipulate ride from the vine to the blue route. we have an accident where a car ran into a tree southampton road inner drive. new accident springfield township stenton avenue an willow grove avenue. montgomery county, we also road -- west road at welsh road and evans road. northbound traffic is heavy from coles road to 295. at this point 42 is damp, tam. >> let's go over to david murphy and see what else to expect in the coming hours. >> reporter: as karen mentioned we had rain and snow showers move through in the predawn hours. storm tracker 6 live double scan shows you the last of the rain is almost off the coast and roads are currently dry. 36 in philadelphia. 36 in wilmington animal millville. 37 in wildwood and allentown. this afternoo

federal investigators will be back at the crash site in goshen township trying to figure out why thehe department and worked as a volunteer firefighter since he was a teenager. in 30 minutes phillies will talk about enhanced security measures. for the first time all fans will be required to use walk through metal detectors before they are allowed to enter the stadium. last year at one gate only as part of a pilot program. part of a mandate all fans subject to metal detection screen. i'm vai sikahema. we'll have a full hour of news in 30 minutes. you can always get weather on the nbc 10 app. we'll see you in half hour. >>> we're back with more of "today" on this funday monday. this week many of you will gather around the table for an easter feast or passover. >> but who sits where and who cleans up, and should there be kids at the table? with so many questions we turn to the expert for advice, mr. manners himself, thomas p. farley. >> nice to see you again. >> hello. >> nice to be back with us. >> thank you for being with us today. >> a lot of times you bring something along with. sho

but as we look at chester county in west bradford, and uekland township, west goshen, delaware county, around concord, around marple the transition at least in the upper atmosphere has happened. look the pink right here in philadelphia. so it might be rain, feeling few sleet pellets in the city right now. but eventually this all moves over to new jersey, some dry slot here, around shamong but that will be getting out every here too you see we filled in the dry slot in delaware, you got to watch it here in the middle of the new castle county, because around middletown there could be some sleet very slippery. watches and warnings up until 7:00 tonight. winter storm warning for most of us, but winter weather advisory for lighter accumulations and the pocono mountains, lehigh valley, the opposite after lot of the storms temperature continues to go down when we started at 3:00 a.m., it was 38 degrees, in philadelphia, now it is 36, 27 in mount pocono, and it is right around freezing in reading, allentown lancaster 35 in wilmington, 38 in atlantic city. so those temps will go down as we cha

goshen, chester county where investigators will continue the investigation into yesterday's plane crash. what's happen right now, i'll have that coming up. >>> and i'm jesse gary live in darby township where a suspect is held in connection with killing an off-duty cop and could face charges this morning. we'll have more on that coming up after the break. >>> the search for answers. today investigators will return to the scene of a plane crash and nbc 10 will bring you all the latest developments. >>> an off-duty police officer shot to death inside his home. we'll tell you when charges will be filed and against whom. >>> and prepare yourself for a wet commute. the nbc 10 first alert weather team is tracking rain and snow moving through parts of the area this morning. and we have proof of that. good morning welcome to "nbc 10 news today." i'm tracy davidson. >> i'm chris cato. yes, you need the windshield wipers and maybe a snow brush in some parts of the area this morning. we'll begin with meteorologist bill henley and the first alert forecast. good morning, bill. >>> there's a light accumulation on some cars. the colder surfaces will see that, but the roadways are fine. it's just a