From Flightaware
http://flightaware.com/news/story/68
UPDATED: 2:23pm CST
A 1996 Cessna Citation 525 has crashed on takeoff from KVNY (Van Nuys, CA). Local television coverage from helicopters shows that the fire has been contained.
FlightAware is reporting the aircraft was N77215, a 1996 Cessna 525 with a scheduled flight from KVNY to KLGB. N77215 is owned by Moonchild Aviation in Los Angeles and operated by Sun Quest Executive Air Charter in Van Nuys. The aircraft had a proposed departure time of 10:30am PST for a 15 minute flight to Long Beach and a second flight plan with an 11:45am PST flight to Prescott, AZ.
At least two individuals were found dead in the aircraft and a report from VNY tower indicates that the flight plan filed with the FAA was that two people were onboard the aircraft. A dispatcher with Sun Quest is reporting that only the flight crew (two pilots) were on board.
An unconfirmed report from local news asserts that a door (possibly the nose baggage door) opened on the aircraft during the takeoff roll or climbout and the door and/or debris from the aircraft was injested by one of the engines.
The FAA and NTSB are investigating. htaware