PAYSON, Utah — A Utah man flew a small plane into his own house early Monday just hours after he had been arrested for assaulting his wife in a nearby canyon where the couple went to talk over their problems, authorities said. The pilot, Duane Youd, died. His wife and a child who were in the home got out and survived despite the front part the two-story house being engulfed in flames, Payson police Sgt. Noemi Sandoval said. The crash occurred about 2:30 a.m. (4:30 a.m. ET) Monday in Payson, a city of about 20,000 residents 60 miles south of Salt Lake City. Investigators believe the plane belonged to Youd's employer and that he intentionally flew into his own house, Sandoval said. He was an experienced pilot, she said. It wasn't immediately clear who employed Youd. BREAKING: Police in Payson say the plane crash this morning was no accident. They say the pilot, Duane Youd appears to have intentionally crashed into his own home. He had been arrested a few hours earlier on domestic violence. He was killed —no one else was injured. @KSL5TV pic.twitter.com/Y3zEkkqxDi — Sam Penrod (@KSLsampenrod) August 13, 2018 It's unknown if the child in the house is related to Youd, Sandoval said. Youd had been arrested about 7:30 p.m. Sunday after witnesses called police to report that Youd was assaulting his wife, Utah County Sheriff's Sgt. Spencer Cannon said. The couple had been drinking and went to American Fork Canyon to talk about problems they were having. Youd was booked into jail on suspicion of domestic violence and then bailed out, Cannon said. Youd requested an officer escort to go to his home so he could get his truck and some belongings around midnight. That occurred without incident, Sandoval said. Within hours, Youd was taking off in the plane from the Spanish Fork-Springville Airport about 15 miles north of his home. He flew directly to his neighborhood and crashed into his house, Sandoval said. Photos of the wreckage showed the white plane charred and in pieces in the front yard nearby an overturned and crushed car. Most of the upscale house was still intact, but heavily burned in the front. Police had responded one previous time to the house on a domestic violence incident, Sandoval said. Online court records show that Youd agreed on July 23 to attend marriage and family counselling sessions for six months as part of a plea agreement following an April 8 domestic violence incident in which he was charged with disorderly conduct.<doc-sep>A Utah man crashed a plane into his home just hours after he was released from jail for assaulting his wife Utah Man Crashes Plane Into His Home Hours After Being Released From Jail for Assaulting Wife A Utah man crashed a plane into his home just hours after he was released from jail for assaulting his wife. Duane Youd, 47, aimed his Cessna 525 Citation Jet into his home on Monday at about 2:38 in the morning, according to a press release by the Payson City Police Department. Get push notifications with news, features and more. Two people, believed to be his wife and her son, were in the home at the time of the plane crash but they were able to run out of the burning home in time, the department said. Youd was declared dead. He had been arrested on Sunday night for domestic violence against his wife, who remains unnamed, the press release said. Youd was booked into the Utah County Jail and made bail before 1 a.m. Tuesday morning. Police said in the release he had requested to be accompanied to his home to pick up his things. While he left his home with his belongings and his car, he returned later after he crashed his plane, the release said. Sgt. Noemi Sandoval told reporters the Youd family home was “fully engulfed” in flames after the crash, according to CBS News. “He is an experienced pilot, and he flew from Spanish Fork airport directly here into the home,” Sandoval said. Youd flies for the company that owns the plane. Outside of the home, an overturned car was found and what remained of the plane was by the front door, according to The Salt Lake Tribune. “We don’t know what his ultimate goal is, whether he meant to hit it low like he did or he meant to hit it higher,” Sandoval said. “The lucky thing for us, if anything, in this whole situation is that we have destruction of property and we have one male deceased, but it could have been so much worse than what it was.” A friend of Youd’s told the newspaper, “I can’t believe he was able to fly in like that. If he hadn’t hit the car, I wonder how much more damage this would have done to the house.” • Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Click here to get breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases in the True Crime Newsletter. Youd’s son from a previous marriage, 17-year-old Parker Youd, told the newspaper his father hadn’t given clues about what he planned on doing. “He told me only that it was going to be rough for a little bit, but that was it,” Parker said. He added he thought he was the last person his father spoke to. “I said, ‘I love you. Good luck. I’ll see you tomorrow,” Parker said. “He said, ‘I love you, too,’ got in his truck and drove away.” He added, “He’s just a good guy. The best dad I could ask for.”<doc-sep>
A pilot left his Utah home "fully engulfed" after flying a plane into it early Monday with his wife and a boy inside the residence, police said. The wife and boy escaped safely, but the pilot, 47-year-old Duane Youd, did not survive. The crash came hours after Youd was involved in a domestic violence incident and booked into the Utah County Jail on Sunday evening, Sgt. Noemi Sandoval of the Payson Police Department told journalists on scene after the incident. Youd made bail Sunday night and returned to his home after midnight local time with an officer to gather belongings and his truck. Shortly after, at around 2:30 a.m. Monday, he flew the twin-engine Cessna 525 into the house, according to CBS News. The plane belonged to a company for which Youd flew, the sergeant said, and the motive remained uncertain. "But he is an experienced pilot, and he flew from Spanish Fork Airport directly here into the home," Sandoval said. Youd clipped a shed on his descent into the home, which police believe may have altered his trajectory. "We don't know what his ultimate goal was, whether he meant to hit it low like he did or whether he meant to hit it higher," Sandoval said, adding that the incident "could have been so much worse than what it was." But the damage was largely contained to Youd's house, and officers arrived to find a plane partially inside the home. "The house was fully engulfed, so there really wasn't the ability to render any aid to the pilot," Sandoval said. The fact that the wife and boy could exit the damaged house safely "was a miracle," she added. Neither were named, and it remained unclear whether the boy, described as a juvenile, was a son of the wife or Youd. Sunday was the second time Youd was arrested on domestic violence charges in the past year, Sandoval said. Sunday night's incident took place at nearby American Fork Canyon, where Youd and his wife were drinking, Sandoval said. Witnesses told police they saw Youd assault his wife before the Utah County Sheriff's Office took him into custody. If you or someone you know may be struggling with suicidal thoughts you can call the U.S. National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-TALK (8255) any time of day or night or chat online. More:'Suicidal' man stole, crashed plane ID'd as worker without pilot's license