Police say the pilot intentionally flew plane into his own home hours after being booked for domestic assault charges.
The man was an active pilot, but his relation to the aircraft involved is unclear at this time.
Utah man, Duane Youd, crashes jet plane into own home hours after arrest for domestic violence
By Patrick Benedict
- August 13, 2018
PAYSON, Utah (Gephardt Daily) —
Police now say the crash of a small Cessna jet plane into a house overnight in Payson, Utah, was an intentional act.
According to a statement by Payson police Sgt. Noemi Sandoval, Duane Youd, was arrested on a domestic violence call at about 7:30 p.m. Sunday.
Four hours later, he was released from the Utah County Jail and returned home about midnight accompanied by a police officer to retrieve personal belongings from the residence.
At 2:30 a.m. a dual-engine Cessna Citation jet was heard flying “low and loud” over a Payson neighborhood. Witnesses told Gephardt Daily they were then stunned when the plane plunged from the sky, clipping the garage of one residence before exploding in flames in front of Youd’s own home.
Youd’s wife and a juvenile were inside the home at the time of the crash, but managed to escape uninjured.
Police say the Cessna 525 Citation was “borrowed” from a hanger at the Spanish Fork Airport.
According to FAA records obtained by Gephardt Daily, the plane was owned by VanCon, Inc. in Springville and Youd was named as the company’s corporate pilot.
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A Cessna jet crashes into Payson home; residence engulfed in flame
By Patrick Benedict
- August 13, 2018
PAYSON, Utah, Aug. 13, 2018 (Gephardt Daily) —
One person is dead after a small Cessna jet plane crashed into a home in Payson, Utah early Monday morning.
First responders were called to 594 E. Canyon Road at about 2:40 a.m. with reports of an explosion and fire. When they arrived, they realized the home had been struck by a plane.
According to Payson Police officials, the deceased was found in the plane wreckage, and two people who were inside the home managed to escape without injury.
Payson resident Slade Buhler told Gephardt Daily he heard the jet roaring overhead just moments before the fiery crash.
“I had just taken my dog out. Came in, sat down, and I heard this huge plane come from the east and it was headed west. I hurried and ran outside to see what the hell that was going on and you could just hear how loud it was, how low it was. Then it kept going north, north, north, and then you could hear it swinging back.
“It came right over, just went right up there … and no lights. I could barely see what it was. All of a sudden he got about right there, the lights came on and I thought, ‘Oh, my God. He’s going down! He’s going down!’
“I thought he was going to hit the mountain, right there, and all of a sudden ‘boom’ — a huge explosion…. The noise … you just couldn’t believe the noise.”
Firefighters worked quickly to knock down the flames, which caused heavy damaged to the garage and the front of the home.
The twin-engine Cessna 525 Citation is registered to VanCon Holdings LLC, a Springville, Utah business. It was manufactured in 1995.
Vancon Holdings, LLC is an Utah Domestic LLC filed on September 17, 2015 . The company's filing status is listed as Active and its File Number is 9541316-0160.
The Registered Agent on file for this company is Leon Van Sickle and is located at 1825 N Mountain Springs Parkway, Springville, UT 84663. The company's principal address is 1825 N Mountain Springs Parkway, Springville, UT 84663.
VanCon provides all types of heavy civil, mechanical, CM/GC and design build construction services for water, waste water and storm water industries.
In 1978, Leon opened VanCon, short for Van Sickle Construction. It started out as a home building company with one small 8x8 office in Provo. As VanCon grew, they moved to an office in Spanish Fork with a small shop to fix equipment. VanCon switched to excavation and Leon phased the company out of home building completely. VanCon outgrew the office in Spanish Fork and moved to its current location, Springville, Utah. VanCon now has over 120 employees and annual revenues of over $30 million dollars.
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N526CP - 1995 CESSNA 525
Aircraft Information
| Manufacturer | CESSNA |
| Model | 525 |
| Year Built | 1995 |
| Manufacturer's Serial Number | 525-0099 |
| Aircraft Type | Fixed wing multi engine |
| Category | Land |
| Builder Certification | Type Certificated |
| Number of Seats | 8 seats |
| Weight Class | CLASS 1 (Up to 12,499 pounds gross take off weight) |
| Engine Manufacturer | WILLIAMS |
| Engine Model | FJ 44 SERIES |
| Engine Type | Turbo-fan |
| Number of Engines | 2 engines |
| Thrust per Engine | 1,900 pounds-force (8.5 kN) |
| Total Thrust | 3,800 pounds-force (16.9 kN) |
Registration Information
| Type of Registrant | Corporation |
| Owner Name | VANCON HOLDINGS LLC |
| Street | 1825 MOUNTAIN SPRINGS PKWY |
| City | SPRINGVILLE |
| State | UT |
| Zip Code | 84663-3098 |
| Region | Northwest Mountain |
| County | Utah County |
| Country | US |
| Fractional Ownership | No |
| Airworthiness Date | 1995-06-13 |
| Certificate Issue Date | 2015-11-04 |
| Last Action Date | 2017-12-13 |
| Expiration Date | 2018-11-30 |
| Status | Valid Registration |
| Mode S Code | 51517570 |
| Mode S Code Hex | A69F78 |
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Narrative:
The aircraft crashed into a house and was destroyed by fire. The pilot is said to have been killed in the crash. Two occupants of the house escaped unharmed.
Sources:
https://gephardtdaily.com/breaking/breaking-cessna-jet-plane-crashes-into-payson-home-residence-engulfed-in-flame/
https://heavy.com/news/2018/08/jet-crashes-payson-utah-house/
https://fox13now.com/2018/08/13/one-dead-after-plane-crashes-into-house-at-mouth-of-payson-canyon/
https://www.good4utah.com/news/local-news/one-person-dead-after-a-plane-crashes-into-a-home-in-payson-utah/1365243867
| Date: | 13-AUG-2018 | ||||||
| Time: | 02:40 LT | ||||||
| Type: |  Cessna 525 CitationJet | ||||||
| Owner/operator: | Private | ||||||
| Registration: | |||||||
| C/n / msn: | |||||||
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 | ||||||
| Other fatalities: | 0 | ||||||
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) | ||||||
| Location: | Payson, UT -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route | ||||||
| Nature: | Private | ||||||
| Departure airport: | |||||||