A homemade kit plane crashed into two homes in Simi Valley on Saturday, killing the pilot, a passenger, and a dog aboard the aircraft, police confirmed.

The crash, involving a single-engine Vans RV-10 aircraft, occurred around 2 pm in the 200 block of High Meadow Street, about 50 miles northwest of Los Angeles.

The home-built plane had departed from William J. Fox Airfield in Lancaster and was headed to Camarillo Airport when it crashed.

The FAA initially reported only the pilot was onboard, but police later confirmed that two people died, along with the dog. The victims’ identities have not been released.

Witnesses said the plane was circling above the neighborhood and appeared to be ‘flying on its side’ before crashing into one home.

‘There was another two minutes of this thing flying around… it was wobbling and just barely made it over the hill,’ one witness told ABC7.

The second home involved in the crash sustained less damage, though both properties were affected by fire.
The Ventura County Fire Department confirmed the residents inside both homes evacuated without injury.