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A small plane crashed into a parked aircraft while landing at a Montana airport on Monday, sparking a large fire but causing no serious injuries, authorities said.The single-engine Socata TBM 700 turboprop aircraft, carrying four people, was attempting to land around 2.00 pm at Kalispell City Airport, as per the Kalispell police chief Jordan Venezio and the Federal Aviation Administration, reports ABC News. The landing plane reportedly struck another aircraft on the ground, sparking a fire that spread to a grassy area before being extinguished. Several aircraft were affected, said Venezio, reported Fox News. Witnesses reported seeing a plane approach from the south, crash-land at the end of the runway, and collide with another aircraft, Kalispell fire chief Jay Hagen said.The landing plane caught fire, but the pilot and three passengers were able to get out on their own once it stopped, Hagen said, adding that the two passengers sustained minor injuries and were treated at the airport. The small city-owned airport is located just south of Kalispell, a northwest Montana city of roughly 30,000 residents.FAA records show the plane was built in 2011 and is owned by Meter Sky LLC of Pullman, Washington. Aviation safety consultant Jeff Guzzetti, a former crash investigator for both the FAA and NTSB, said collisions between landing planes and parked aircraft occur a few times a year in general aviation, reports ABC News.
