A small, home-built kit airplane crashed in Simi Valley, California, on Saturday afternoon, damaging two homes and and catching fire, officials said.

A small plane has crashed into a backyard of a residential neighborhood in southern California, killing two people onboard and damaging homes, local authorities said.

A small plane crash in the Los Angeles suburb of Simi Valley Saturday killed the plane's two occupants. Residents of the homes hit were unharmed.