When it crashed, the home-built aircraft was on its way to Camarillo Airport from William J. Fox Airfield near Lancaster.

Police eventually confirmed that two individuals, including the dog, perished, despite the FAA’s original claim that just the pilot was on board. The identities of the victims are still under wraps.

Witnesses reported that the jet was ‘flying on its side’ as it circled over the neighbourhood before colliding with one house.

“There was another two minutes of this thing flying around… it was wobbling and just barely made it over the hill,” one witness told ABC7.

Although both properties were impacted by the fire, the second house in the collision suffered less damage.

The residents of both houses were safely evacuated, according to the Ventura County Fire Department.

Arman Hovakemian, a homeowner, recounted the horrifying moment the plane crashed.

“I came in to the patio door to warn her, and then I heard the bang, then I turned around, she was almost out,” Hovakemian said.

Flames and an explosion were filmed by his family’s Ring camera from the rear of their house.

In an attempt to put out the fire, Hovakemian hurriedly reached for a hose, he told ABC7.

“I saw the fire on the plane, and then I saw the fire on the house. I kept the hose on the plane, and then it just exploded,” he said.

“I needed to back away because I could smell a lot of gas and fuel.”