{"id":238859,"date":"2026-04-20T12:53:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T12:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/238859\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T12:53:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T12:53:09","slug":"pilot-killed-after-small-plane-crashes-between-homes-in-tampa-area-neighborhood-wsvn-7news-miami-news-weather-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/238859\/","title":{"rendered":"Pilot killed after small plane crashes between homes in Tampa-area neighborhood &#8211; WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WESLEY CHAPEL, Fla. (WSVN) \u2014 The pilot of a small plane was killed when it crashed in a neighborhood north of Tampa, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Pasco County Fire Rescue units responded to the scene of the crash along Aldus Drive in Wesley Chapel, Sunday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said the twin-engine aircraft plummeted to the ground, causing it to burst into flames.<\/p>\n<p>Crews were able to put out the flames. One home was damaged by the fiery crash.<\/p>\n<p>The pilot was pronounced dead at the scene. No one else was on board the Cessna 401B involved.<\/p>\n<p>The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board are attempting to determine what led to the crash. Investigators will recover the aircraft for further evaluation.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Sunbeam Television Corp. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p>\tJoin our Newsletter for the latest news right to your inbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WESLEY CHAPEL, Fla. (WSVN) \u2014 The pilot of a small plane was killed when it crashed in a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":238860,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-238859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238859\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/238860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}