Van Zandt County plane crash kills pilot
CANTON, Texas - A pilot was killed when a small plane crashed in a neighborhood in Van Zandt County.
The single-engine Cirrus SR 22 went down around 6 p.m. outside a home near Canton, which is about 60 miles southeast of Dallas.
No one else was on board the plane and no one was inside the home when the crash happened.
The Texas Department of Public Safety believes the pilot was aiming for a landing strip but missed by at least 300 feet.
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The FAA says that the pilot was the only person on board the plane at the time, and they were not injured.
Reports from the area say the plane was coming from Addison.
Federal investigators have not yet confirmed that.