headed to Fernandina Beach , north of Jacksonville , Florida . Seconds after takeoff , the pilot reported trouble . `` The tower cleared it to come back and try to land at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport . The plane crashed attempting to return to the airport , '' Adams said . Watch an iReporter describe the crash '' Donald Widing , chief of fire rescue for Oakland Park , said , `` the crash was not survivable . '' `` The fire is under control . The emergency is contained , '' he said a little more than an hour after the crash . `` What we 're doing now is making sure that the scene is safe enough to introduce our first responders to do a complete primary and secondary search of the aircraft wreckage itself and the occupancy . '' He added , `` we are concerned with the plane 's fuel tanks and have to save the house and the scene before we can conduct any further search-and-rescue operations . '' Watch firefighters tackle the blaze '' Asked whether more than one home in the area was impacted , Widing said , `` we 're still
MIAMI , Florida -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A Fort Lauderdale official said that only one person was on a plane that slammed into a vacant house Friday , a crash called `` not survivable '' by a fire official . Bystanders watch the flames after the plane crash Friday in Fort Lauderdale , Florida . The twin-engine Cessna crashed about 11:15 a.m. in a neighborhood not far from Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport , from which it took off , the city official said . Video from the scene showed a small house virtually cut in two as firefighters poured water on smoking debris . Chaz Adams -- spokesman for the city of Fort Lauderdale , which owns the airport -- said that there was only one person aboard and that a previous report of four passengers was incorrect . The Federal Aviation Administration also said the flight plan listed one person on board , and witnesses at the airport have told the FAA that only one person boarded the aircraft . Adams said three people live in the house that was hit , but `` the house was vacant when the plane down . '' He said the plane was