A small plane plowed through a fence and then slammed into a car during an aborted takeoff from Arizona’s Falcon Field Airport, killing five people.

Five people were killed after a small plane crashed into a vehicle in the Phoenix suburb of Mesa on Tuesday afternoon.

Five people were killed in the crash shortly after the plane took off from an Airport in Arizona on Tuesday afternoon - with flames and smoke billowing from the scene

A 12-year-old boy was among five people killed after a small jet crashed moments after take-off in Phoenix, authorities said. The Honda HA-420 aircraft took off at around 4:40 p.m. Tuesday from Falcon Field Airport in Mesa, but struck a vehicle outside the airport minutes later and caught fire.

Five people were killed when a small plane crashed through a fence and hit a car while aborting takeoff at an Arizona airport Tuesday afternoon, officials said.

Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Donnell Evans said a Honda HA-420 jet crashed at the Falcon Field Airport about 4:40 p.m. The plane struck a vehicle outside of airport property on Greenfield Road,

Arizona authorities say an investigation is underway into what caused a plane crash that killed several people near a Mesa-area airport.