The Piper PA31 aircraft went down around 4:30 p.m., soon after departing Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport, said Kathleen Bergen, a spokeswoman for the Federal Aviation Administration.
Fort Lauderdale fire Division Chief John San Angelo said that all three people on the plane died in the crash.
"(There was) a lot of damage, a lot of fire -- I don't think anybody could make it through that," San Angelo said.
There were no injuries among people on the ground, he added.
The aircraft had taken off from the airport, then tried to circle back and land, according to Vezina.
It didn't make it.
Chris Jewett said that he was in his office building across the street when he saw the aircraft go down in a parking lot he said was for cars that had been towed.
"The whole building shook," he said. "It (felt) like somebody crashed into the building."
Heading outside, ewett noticed surging flames as well as billowing black smoke.
"Three of four (parked vehicles) actually blew up, the rest caught on fire," he said. "You couldn't really look in."
The plane itself was essentially unrecognizable.
San Angelo, from the Fort Lauderdale fire department, said the aircraft hit a tree and a fence before slamming into seven vehicles and a boat.
Source: CNN
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