This video shows the plane and engine being taken down from a power tower in Gaithersburg. The plane that crashed was a single-engine Mooney M20J with the registration number N201RF, according to the FAA. The plane had departed from Westchester County Airport in White Plains, N.Y. The crash caused power outages to thousands of homes and businesses in the area. Police identified the pilot is as Patrick Merkle, 65, of Washington, D.C. and the passenger as Jan Williams, 66, of Louisiana. Officials say they were in contact with them via cell phone while they were trapped. Read more: https://www.fox5dc.com/news/pilot-passenger-rescued-after-small-plane-crashes-into-power-lines-mont-co-schools-closed --------------------------------------------------------------------- STAY CONNECTED AND STAY AHEAD WITH FOX 5 DC Subscribe to FOX 5 DC on YouTube » https://youtube.com/channel/fox5dc?sub_confirmation=1 Read the latest local and national news on fox5dc.com » https://fox5dc.com/ Watch FOX 5 DC programming live » https://fox5dc.com/live Get your local forecast from the FOX 5 DC Weather team » https://www.fox5dc.com/weather Learn how to follow us on social media, download our news and weather mobile apps, find us on your Smart TV and sign up for our daily newsletter » https://fox5dc.com/connect-with-fox-5-on-mobile-social-smart-tv-and-our-newsletter Follow FOX 5 DC on Facebook » https://facebook.com/fox5dc Follow FOX 5 DC on Twitter » https://twitter.com/fox5dc Follow FOX 5 DC Instagram » https://instagram.com/fox5dc Vote in the daily FOX 5 DC InstaPoll » https://fox5dc.com/instapoll FOX 5 DC, WTTG-TV and FOX 5 PLUS, WDCA-TV are owned-and-operated TV stations of the Fox Broadcasting Company. We are located in Washington, D.C. and serves the entire Washington metropolitan area (including Northern Virginia, Maryland, and the Martinsburg, West Virginia area). Our studio is based in Bethesda, Maryland.