Police: pilot killed in Utah County crashed aircraft into his own home after arrest for domestic violence

Posted 5:58 am, August 13, 2018, by Mark Green and Scott McKane, Updated at 11:13AM, August 13, 2018
PAYSON, Utah -- Police confirm a pilot killed in Utah County Monday crashed the aircraft into his own residence just hours after he was arrested for a domestic violence incident.

The crash occurred at a home near 600 East Canyon Road near the mouth of Payson Canyon at 2:38 a.m. Monday.

The Utah County Sheriff's Office confirms the pilot was killed, and Payson Police later identified the deceased as 47-year-old Duane Youd.

Public records indicate Youd lives at the home where the plane crashed with his wife and that the couple bought the home last year. Payson Police confirm there have been previous domestic violence incidents at the home.

Sgt. Noemi Sandoval of the Payson Police Department said Youd was arrested after a domestic violence incident Sunday around 7:30 p.m. They said he was released on bail later that night and went home to secure some belongings and then left the residence.

Sandoval said the next thing police knew, the man had crashed a plane into his home after taking off from Spanish Fork Airport.

Youd's wife and her son were in the home at the time of the crash and escaped unharmed.

Plane crashes into house at the mouth of Payson Canyon.

"There were two individuals in the home at the time that the plane went in," Sandoval said. "They were able to get out of the home without any injuries. Obviously they were very shook up over what had happened but they weren't physically injured."

The home itself caught fire and became fully engulfed before crews arrived and extinguished the flames.

The plane was destroyed.

"There was a significant fireball, so there's not a whole lot left of the plane itself," Sandoval said.

Videos show the fireball Sandoval described as well as crews fighting the fire that engulfed the home.

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