( CNN ) -- Two people aboard a twin-engine airplane were killed Saturday when it crashed into a house in western Pennsylvania , sending the homeowner fleeing with his dog , officials said . Westmoreland County Public Safety spokesman Dan Stevens said skies were clear when the aircraft `` just spun in its own axis '' and hit the Saltsburg area house , sparking a fire that consumed the plane and the house . The plane took off from Arnold Palmer Regional Airport outside Latrobe , about 50 miles from the crash scene , Stevens said . The Beechcraft Baron BE58 crashed 11 minutes later at 9:19 a.m. , FAA spokesman Jim Peters said . The six-seat plane landed next to a man who was sleeping on a couch with his dog in the home , Stevens said . The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette identified him as Steve Yanko . `` There was somebody on his shoulder this morning , '' Stevens said of Yanko , who told him he was only about 15 feet away from the plane 's impact . Yanko 's wife was not at home at the time , Stevens said . The county coroner will identify the two victims and their names will be released after next of kin are formally notified , officials said . Stevens said the experienced pilot of the plane had recently purchased the aircraft and was at the controls . The other individual was an instructor who was flying along to ensure the owner was comfortable with the twin-engine plane , he said . The FAA 's Peters said he could not confirm the role of the two people onboard . The FAA was on scene Saturday . Officials from the National Transportation Safety Board will arrive Sunday . CNN 's Phil Gast contributed to this report .
2011 : Plane narrowly misses the homeowner . Two people on the twin - engine plane are killed . The crash occurred in Pennsylvania 's Bucks County . People in the house escaped without injury .