Small Plane Without Pilot Crashes at Modesto Airport: Report

A small aircraft with no pilot onboard crashed at an airport in Modesto Wednesday afternoon.

The owners of the plane were working on on the aircraft when it was accidentally started and then later crashed into a parked car and a fence at Modesto Airport, NBC-affiliate KCRA reported.

No one was injured and no one was on the plane, Modesto police told the Sacramento-based TV station.

Footage of the scene showed the airplane surrounded by broken metal-wire fence and tree branches. The left wing of the aircraft appears to be damaged with pieces crumbled up.

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