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KALISPELL- Three people on board a small plane survived after the aircraft went out of control and smashed into a house on Golden Eye Court just south of Kalispell.

A male pilot and two female passengers were in the plane when the accident happened just after 1:30 p.m. on Saturday.

Reporter Laura Wilson spoke with several residents in the neighborhood who watched the plane go down and they say the aircraft weaved between trees and houses and say it looked as if the pilot was trying to land on the road. But instead the plane went into a house.

Several of the eyewitnesses rushed to the plane to help the pilot and passengers who were trapped inside. Police say that the homeowners were inside the home when the crash happened, but were not hurt.

Kalispell Fire Chief Dan Dedman says the pilot and passengers refused medical attention at the scene of the crash, but later checked themselves in to Kalispell Regional Medical Center on their own accord.

Kalispell Police say in a news release that the National Transportation Safety Board will be handling the investigation into the crash.

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