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Video: Pilot, passenger walked away from dramatic Mukilteo plane crash

This dash cam footage shows the small plane that crashed Tuesday afternoon in Mukilteo. (Courtesy of Guanting Li)

The fiery crash of the single-engine plane was captured on a dashcam video. The pilot, 30, and a passenger did not report injuries, but two people on the ground had minor injuries, police say.

An Oregon pilot and a passenger walked away from the fiery crash of a small plane on a Mukilteo street Tuesday despite hitting several cars, police said.

Two people on the ground reported minor injuries, according to police.

The pilot reported he had lost power just before the crash, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said Wednesday.

The crash was captured on a driver's dashcam video, which showed the plane clipping a power line and sending sparks into the air before hitting the ground in a fireball.

The single-engine plane had just taken off from nearby Paine Field airport when it crashed at about 3:30 p.m. at Harbour Pointe Boulevard Southwest and Mukilteo Speedway, according to Mukilteo police.

Police say several cars were damaged in the crash and the subsequent fire.

After striking the power line, the plane hit a traffic signal, rupturing a fuel cell and sparking a car fire, police said. After hitting the street the plane skidded to a stop at Harbour Pointe Boulevard Southwest east of Cyrus Way.

The Snohomish County Public Utilities District said the crash also caused a widespread but brief power outage in the area.

The 30-year-old pilot did not report injuries, police said.

The Piper PA-32-260 is registered to Klamath Aviation LLC, in Klamath Falls, Ore., which appears to be owned by Justin Dunaway, who holds a student pilot certification, according to FAA airmen records.

"We don't want to talk about it right now," Dunaway said on Wednesday morning.

Dunaway said he was not piloting the plane.

The crash is being investigated by the NTSB.

"We recovered the airplane last night," said Eliott Simpson, an aviation accident investigator with the NTSB. "We're going to spend the next couple days gathering evidence."

Simpson said a preliminary report should be out next week.

He said investigators spoke to the pilot and a friend who was with him when the plane crashed.

"They both reported they lost engine power on takeoff," Simpson said.