3 injured after small plane crashes onto Phoenix road

'A miracle': 3 survive plane crash on busy Phoenix street

Multiple people are injured after a small plane crash-landed on a Phoenix road near 7th Street and Missouri. All three on board suffered minor injuries, but it remains unclear what caused the plane to make an emergency landing. FOX 10's Megan Spector learns more about why the fire captain is calling this crash a miracle. 

PHOENIX - Several people are injured after a small plane crashed and landed onto a Phoenix road on Sunday afternoon. 

Small plane makes emergency landing in Phoenix

A small plane landed near 7th Street and Missouri Avenue on Sunday afternoon after officials said it made an emergency landing. 

What we know:

The crash happened near 7th Street and Missouri Ave just after 2:37 p.m. on April 12.

According to Phoenix Fire, the small water aircraft made an emergency landing. Three people on board suffered minor injuries and were able to get out of the plane before crews arrived.  

All individuals involved were evaluated at the scene and refused to be taken to a hospital. No one else was hurt. 

What they're saying:

Captain D.J. Lee said it was a miracle the plane was able to land without hitting any cars or buildings, as 7th Street can be busy with cars, pedestrians, and bikers, on top of the restaurants and apartments nearby. 

"Luckily, everyone walked away from this and no one was severely hurt," he said. "Knowing how busy 7th Street is and how busy this area is— for him to not hit anything else. To me that’s a miracle of itself."

Witnesses described the aftermath as a sight to see. 

"I’m looking to the right and I’m like ‘Woah is that plane going to crash?’ And I’m looking at it in like slow motion falling," a witness said. "And as it’s falling I’m like — it landed kind of perfectly. So I’m like ‘Woah that is crazy nobody got hurt.’"

Another witness added, "We ran over there- we asked everyone, ‘Is everyone OK?’ Everyone looks perfectly fine. So something just gave me the chills in my body and I’m like I just gotta hug him. So I just hugged him. Then I was like ‘You good?’ Then he was like 'I’m great."

But even before it hit the ground, it was clear something was wrong.

"I’m a pilot, so I’m always curious," another person said. "I saw it and noticed it was a little bit low, and it was kind of turning, and it looked like it was coming down. I looked at my phone on the flight app that I have, and I saw the altitude was like 1,300, and I saw it decrease, decrease til it hit zero."

What we don't know:

It is unclear why the plane went down.

What's next:

The roads between Missouri and Colter will be shut down on 7th Street for several hours. There is also a water main issue in the area. 

FOX 10 has reached out for additional information.  The NTSB is investigating. 

Map of where the plane went down.