The plane crashed into a residential building in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. One of the dead is presumed to be the pilot.
Police said the light plane crashed into a residential buildingImage: Sascha Rixkens/Einsatzreport Niederrhein/dpa/picture alliance
The town is located near the city of Mönchengladbach and is not far from the Dutch border.
Police said two people died following the crash in Korschenbroich located near the border with Dutch border.
According to police, the plane struck the terrace of a building at around 12:30 p.m. (1030 GMT/UTC) and then a fire broke out.
German news agency dpa reported that one of the two people killed was the 71-year-old pilot, citing police with the information.
Police said the pilot was from Düsseldorf and appeared to have been sitting alone in the aircraft.
It wasn’t immediately clear whether the other person had been a passenger on the plane or had been on the ground.
Firefighters responded in numbers with the local control center saying that around 50 personnel had been deployed.
They managed to douse the flames rapidly.
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