US Bank issued a statement on Sunday stating that one of its executives is believed to have died in a small plane crash in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, on Saturday afternoon. The incident has attracted widespread attention, and relevant departments have intervened in the investigation.

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In a statement to CNN, US Bank said the crashed plane was registered to Terry Dolan, vice chairman and chief administrative officer of US Bank. The statement noted that while the medical examiner has not confirmed whether Dolan was on the plane, they believe he was.

Jessica L. Campbell, a forensic anthropologist with the Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office, said earlier on Sunday that the office could not provide any information about the identity of the deceased as the investigation is still ongoing. Relevant departments are working to confirm the identity of the deceased and carry out follow-up procedures.

According to a statement from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the small executive transport aircraft, which can carry six people, crashed into a house and caused a fire at approximately 12:20 p.m. local time on Sunday (4:20 a.m. Monday AEST). The plane was scheduled to fly from Des Moines International Airport in Iowa to Anoka County-Blaine Airport in Minneapolis.

Brooklyn Park Fire Chief Shawn Conway said at a news conference on Saturday that there were no survivors on the small plane. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) aviation accident investigator Tim Sorensen said at a news conference on Sunday afternoon that preliminary information indicated there was only one person on board the plane. Conway said on Sunday that one person was inside the house at the time of the incident and escaped on their own without injury. He described the house that was hit as "a complete loss."

Video from the scene showed the house completely engulfed in flames, and fire officials could be heard telling several onlookers through a loudspeaker: "The house is on fire. Please stay away from the houses near the fire!" There were multiple fire trucks on the scene. Conway said of the residents of the house: "As you can see from the damage, they immediately lost their home."

Conway said that when the fire department arrived on the scene, the commander saw "a building fully involved in fire." He added that the plane was not discovered until the fire was brought under control. "What we're asking now is, neighbors, please give us a little opportunity to continue to process the scene and get this job done. There were no fatalities," Conway said.

Conway said on Sunday that the NTSB is leading the investigation into the crash. Sorensen said the agency is currently documenting the crash site and plans to begin recovering the aircraft later Sunday afternoon. The NTSB will release a preliminary report on the crash in about two weeks. "The investigation is just beginning, and we don't have a lot of answers right now," he said.

Sorensen added that investigators will examine "all other aspects that could have affected the operation, such as weather, the pilot's background experience, the condition of the aircraft, the maintenance of the aircraft."

A Ring camera captured the moment the plane appeared to fall from the sky, then heard it crash into the neighborhood. Cindy Leitschuh told CNN that her family unknowingly captured video of the plane. They activated the Ring camera while her husband, Curt, and their eight-year-old son were playing catch in the front. "My eight-year-old actually saw the plane going up and down," Leitschuh said.

"He thought it was a drone. And then he said, 'Yeah, I saw this plane moving left and right and up and down, and then I saw a bunch of black smoke.' So my husband went and looked at the Ring, and it was on our Ring."

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz said in a statement on X: "My team is in contact with local officials on the ground in Brooklyn Park, and we are closely monitoring the situation. Thank you to the first responders for answering the call." Brooklyn Park Mayor Hollies Winston thanked Walz at a news conference on Saturday for "supporting us and providing resources for our city."

Winston said: "What I will say is that as a community and as a city, we will be very supportive of the family that has been impacted by this." All parties are working to cope with the impact of this tragedy and provide support to the affected families.