The pilot was the sole fatality and there were no other injuries after a plane crashed through the roof of a Brooklyn Park house on Saturday, officials said in a news conference. One person inside the home was able to escape without injuries. A second resident was not home at the time, Brooklyn Park Fire Chief Shawn Conway said Sunday. The pilot was the sole occupant in the plane. The pilot’s identity will be released by the Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s office, said Dr. Jessica Campbell, a forensic anthropologist at the office. However, a spokesperson with U.S. Bank said the pilot may be 63-year-old Terry Dolan, vice chair and chief administrative officer at U.S. Bank. “We are aware that the plane that crashed in Brooklyn Park on Saturday afternoon was registered to Terry Dolan, our vice chair and chief administration officer. At this time, the medical examiner’s office has not been able to confirm whether he was on board, but we believe he was. Our thoughts and prayers are with him, his family and friends, and anyone who may have been affected by yesterday’s tragic incident,” said Jeff Shelman, spokesman for U.S. Bank. “We are grateful that there were not any injuries to residents of the home that was impacted by the crash, and we thank all the first responders who have provided service.” U.S. Bank has its headquarters in downtown Minneapolis. The crash occurred about 12:20 p.m. Saturday near the intersection of 109th Avenue North and Noble Parkway. A house was completely destroyed by the plane landing on the roof and plummeting into the basement, starting a fire that consumed the house, Conway said. A neighboring home suffered damage to its siding and some homes have debris from the crash in their yards, he said. All utilities have been restored to the remaining homes in the neighborhood, Conway said, noting that crews will still be working in and around the neighborhood for some time. The investigation into the crash has been formally turned over to the National Transportation Safety Board, he said. The NTSB’s focus on Sunday was to document the accident site before removing the airplane, said Tim Sorensen, aviation accident investigator with the NTSB. The damage to the aircraft was great. “Suffice it to say it’s severe, it’s significant,” Sorensen said. “We will recover the aircraft this afternoon and it will be taken to a location where a more detailed investigation can be done.” The investigation is just getting started, he said, so “we don’t have a lot of answers right now,” citing the fire sparked by the crash as increasing the investigation’s challenges. As part of its investigation, the NTSB will look at the weather, the pilot’s experience, and the maintenance and status of the aircraft. A preliminary report on the accident will be released in 10 days to two weeks, which won’t include the crash’s cause, but will include information they can verify by then, Sorensen said. Sorensen said the NTSB has not confirmed the origin of the plane or its final destination. However, the Federal Aviation Administration said Saturday that a SOCATA TBM7, a single-engine turbo-prop plane, crashed after leaving Des Moines International Airport in Iowa and was headed to Anoka County-Blaine Airport. “There’s plenty of those types of aircraft out there and they fly safely every day, every accident is unique,” Sorensen said. “We look at the unique circumstances and document every accident. That is the process we are involved in right now.”Related Articles Anoka County Jail inmate collapses, dies ‘Just too trusting’: North metro woman shares bank scam story in hopes of sparing others Meet the St. Paul-based team trying to get ahead of school shootings and workplace violence Delta plane from MSP that flipped in Toronto showed high rate of descent, initial report says U.S. 52 in Rosemount partially reopen after Pine Bend Refinery propane pipeline leak ...read more read less