Serious damage: A small plane crashed into a warehouse and landed in the parking lot killing all three passengers
Rubble: The crash occurred in Fort Lauderdale around 4.30pm on Friday and it took a while for firemen to control the flames
The plane, a two-engine turboprop, can carry a crew of two and four to six passengers.
There was no word of casualties on the ground.
A Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport spokesman says the plane began experiencing problems shortly after takeoff and was trying to return when it hit a warehouse.
The building is located at 53rd Street and North Powerline Road, about a half-mile east of the airport.
After hitting the warehouse, it carried on and crashed into the parking lot.
Television images showed about eight cars in a corner that were burned out shells, a smoldering heap covered in foam spread by firefighters on the scene.
Dangerous: Police kept a large area surrounding the fire blocked off as emergency workers determined what was the best way to approach the wreckage of the small passenger jet
What remains: The crash and fire seems to have left the structure of the plane in a heap of burning ash as only the burnt rubble of the 12 damaged cars remain
A storage facility and an indoor go-kart track are among the businesses listed nearby.
The airport serves smaller planes rather than the larger commercial flights at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.
The crash happened at the start of rush hour alongside Interstate 95, the major north-south route along Florida's Atlantic coast.
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