Identified as a 1976 twin-engine Cessna 310, the plane took off from Palo Alto’s tiny commuter airport and was on its way to Hawthorne Municipal Airport outside Los Angeles. It didn’t get far, crashing into electric power lines and exploding in the nearby neighborhood only minutes later. The accident has caused a city-wide blackout for the last several hours, but no other fatalities or injuries have been reported.

Notably, the Hawthorne airport is also the site of  SpaceX, the space exploration company also owned and operated by Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk. Though all reports about the plane crash have emphatically not confirmed or suggested that he was on board.

The plane, allegedly owned by Tesla senior electrical engineer Doug Bourn, was registered to Air Unique, a jet company in Santa Clara, Calif. It has not been confirmed that Bourn himself was onboard.

The house the plane struck doubles as a daycare center for more than 20 kids, but was fortunately empty at the time of the crash.

We will update this story as more details become available.

[Image from CBS News]