Federal Aviation Administration officials continue to investigate a plane crash in Melbourne, Fla. that killed all three people aboard.

The twin-engine Cessna plane left Jacksonville earlier in the morning and was making an approach at the Melbourne International Airport when it crashed, according to the Brevard County Sheriff's Office.

The people working at the businesses below the landing pattern said it was a miracle that the pilot put the plane down where he did because of the high density of the businesses in the area.

"(I heard) just a loud bang, and the building just shook like crazy, more than any space shuttle landing or anything I've ever heard before," said witness Pat Shott.

Witnesses said the plane's engines apparently shut down and then the aircraft crashed into a parking lot behind a building.

Jeff Mitchell was working about 40 feet away inside a building that makes airplane parts when he heard a loud bang.

"I just heard a big boom. I thought it was thunder," Mitchell told Florida Today. "Then I heard people screaming and I ran outside. I was in shock."

An air traffic controller radioed the pilot to tell him that he was approaching the airport too fast, said Earl Petty, a commander with the Brevard County Sheriff's Office.

"They were told that they were closing too quickly on a small aircraft that was in front of them and going to land," Petty said. "He obviously slowed it down, and that's the last contact the tower had with the pilot. Then he saw the smoke in this direction." Deputies said no distress calls went out.

J.D. Byrider Systems Inc., a used car finance company based in Carmel, Ind., identified two of the passengers as James DeVoe, the company's founder, president and CEO, and Steele Gudal, DeVoe's son-in-law.

Brevard County officials said they believe Michael Beane of Jacksonville Beach was the plane's pilot.

The crash ignited several small brush fires, which firefighters put out.

Federal Aviation Administration officials arrived about two hours later to begin an investigation.

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• March 23, 2006: 3 Killed In Two-Engine Plane Crash In Melbourne