A DAD has been killed after his plane crashed and erupted into a fireball just feet from houses.
Jason McKenzie, 45, has been hailed a hero after using his piloting skills to avoid hurting anyone else in the incident.
He was returning to an airfield in Georgia when his plane smashed to the ground in a fiery wreckage on Thursday morning.
Shocking pictures show his aircraft reduced to a raging inferno just outside a mansion.
Emergency workers believe McKenzie, an associate director of philanthropy at Augusta University, used his skills as a pilot to ensure no one else was killed or injured.
Neighbour Lisa Lewis told WRDW: “I think it was a miracle.
“I think the Lord protected everyone else.”