Hours after domestic violence arrest, husband crashes stolen plane into his own home where wife was staying originally appeared on abcnews.go.com Just hours after being arrested and released on bail for allegedly assaulting his wife, a Utah man stole a plane and crashed it into his own home where his wife was staying, police said. The man, 47-year-old Duane Youd, did not survive the crash Monday, officials stated. Flames engulfed the house in the city of Payson after the crash and ensuing fire at 2:30 a.m. Youd's wife as well as a boy were inside the house at the time of the crash. They were lucky they escaped and the plane did not hit other buildings or any power lines, police said. Youd's biological children were not in the home at the time of the crash. Before stealing the plane, Youd called his biological children who were staying in the home where he later crashed and told them to "go stay at their mother's house" that night, which they did, police said. PHOTO: The scene of a plane crash is blocked off as Federal Aviation Administration officials investigate the area in Payson, Utah, Aug. 13, 2018. (Scott G Winterton /The Deseret News via AP) Youd was an experienced pilot who had access to the twin engine Cessna 525 jet because he flew for the company that owned it, authorities said. He was the only one in the aircraft when it crashed and killed him. Video taken by a neighbor showed flames coming out of the house and people watching from a distance. The neighbor said his mother heard the plane pass by twice before hearing the crash. PHOTO: This photo provided by the Utah County Sheriff's Office shows Duane Youd. (Utah County Sheriff's Office via AP) In another video taken after the crash, the engines of the jet can be heard continuing to whine and actually seemed to be revving up, even as the house goes up in flames. (MORE: Data recorder recovered from plane stolen and crashed near Seattle) The crash was the third incident with Youd that required authorities within a 12-hour period. At 7:30 p.m., the night before, Youd had been arrested for assaulting his wife and was released on bail, police said. PHOTO: In this frame from video, emergency personnel work at the scene of a small plane that crashed into a house in Payson, Utah, Aug 13, 2018. (John Wilson/KSL-TV/Deseret News via AP) Hours later, at 12:30 a.m., Youd called and asked a patrol officer be present at his house to "keep the peace" as he picked up belongings and his truck, officials said. There was no argument during this incident. Story continues The plane crash took place just two hours later. Police said Youd had also been arrested for domestic violence at the house in a previous incident within the past year. PHOTO: Federal Aviation Administration officials investigate the scene of a plane crash in Payson, Utah, Aug. 13, 2018. (Scott G Winterton/The Deseret News via AP) The National Transportation Safety Board will be at the scene later today to investigate, officials said.<doc-sep>"There were two individuals in the home at the time that the plane went in," Sgt. Noemi Sandoval of the Payson City Police Department told Fox 13. "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."<doc-sep>A Utah man died Monday after crashing a plane into his own house occupied by family members, hours after he was arrested for domestic violence, police said. Duane Youd, 47, was arrested on Sunday night for domestic violence against his wife in American Fork Canyon in Utah's Wasatch Mountains, the Payson Police Department said. "They had been drinking. He assaulted her, and witnesses saw this happening," Payson police Sgt. Noemi Sandoval told CNN. Youd was booked into the Utah County Jail at 9:18 p.m. on Sunday and was bailed out of jail at 12:32 a.m. on Monday, jail records show. He signed a jail release agreement, authorities said. Youd requested for a Payson police officer to accompany him to his home so he could pick up some of his belongings and his truck around midnight. An officer responded to his request and he collected his things without incident, authorities said. Youd then left his home and drove to Spanish Fork-Springville Airport.<doc-sep>
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. 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.It's unknown if the child in the house is related to Youd, Sandoval said.Youd was 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 house. He flew directly to his neighborhood and smashed 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 counseling 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.