The single-engine propeller plane came down shortly after 6:00 am in Upper Moreland, Pennsylvania, around 20 miles (32 kilometers) from Philadelphia, according to local police.
They said in a statement that they received a call from a resident “reporting a plane crash in their backyard.”
“The police department was able to determine that the plane had three passengers, all of whom were deceased,” the Upper Moreland force said.
The victims were a husband and wife, aged 60 and 54 respectively, and their 19-year-old daughter, the statement added.
No one on the ground was injured, Upper Moreland Police Chief Michael Murphy told reporters, adding that the plane had not issued a distress call.
“There are pieces of debris spread out over four backyards,” he told a news conference
A Sukhoi fighter jet of the Indian Air Force crashed in a paddy field near Tezpur in Assam on Thursday evening, a defence spokesperson said.
Both pilots of the aircraft ejected safely and have been rescued, defence spokesperson Lt Col Harsh Wardhan Pande said.
One of the pilots suffered injury in his leg, he said.
The Su-30 MKI fighter jet was on a routine training mission when it crashed in the paddy field in the Milanpur area and burst into flames at around 8:30 pm, Lt Col Pande told PTI.
The crash caused no damage to public property, he added.
Local people rushed the two pilots to the Army Base Hospital in Tezpur, he said.
Fire tenders rushed to the spot to bring the flames under control, the fire department said.
A Court of Inquiry has been ordered to ascertain the cause of the accident, official sources said in Delhi.
