Five of the six people aboard a small plane died on Saturday morning after it crashed next to a post office in Lafayette, La., less than a mile from where it took off, the authorities said.
Chief Robert P. Benoit of the Lafayette Fire Department said one person had survived the crash. That person and three other people on the ground were taken to hospitals, he said. A hospital spokeswoman said one woman was in critical condition at Lafayette General Medical Center.
The plane, a two-engine Piper Cheyenne, crashed one mile west of Lafayette Regional Airport, where it had taken off, said Tony Molinaro, a spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration. He said the cause of the crash was not immediately clear.
Videos and photographs from the scene show chunks of metal in a field next to the post office and flames billowing near United States Postal Service mail trucks.
An exterior wall of the brick post office was left blackened, and nearby residents said their lights had gone out after they heard the crash.
Lois Comeaux was at a Walmart near the post office when she heard a “big boom” and the store went dark. Ms. Comeaux, who lives about 300 feet from where the plane crashed, said that she could see pieces of the plane behind the post office, and that some of the post office’s windows had been blown out by the force of the crash.
“There’s a big vacant lot, and there are three big pieces of plane,” she said.
Emergency vehicles had swarmed the area and firefighters put out small fires.
Rebecca Simon said she had just pulled into her garage, less than a mile from the site of the crash, when she heard a plane fly unusually low over her house.
“Right after, there was a really loud noise that shook the garage door, and the electricity blinked, then went out,” she said.
Her roommate called the electric company to find out what was going on, but then they heard sirens and saw smoke outside.
Investigators from the F.A.A. and the National Transportation Safety Board were on their way to the site, Mr. Molinaro said.
Johnny Diaz contributed reporting.
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