Plano (US), Nov 23 (AP) A pilot who died when the small plane he was flying crashed and burned on the doorstep of a strip mall in Texas was aborting a landing, police said.

Plano police on Wednesday identified the pilot of the single-engine Mooney M20 as 87-year-old Elzie Monroe McDonald, of Arizona, The Dallas Morning News reported. McDonald was the only person on board when the plane crashed Tuesday.

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The National Transportation Safety Board is still investigating the crash. But a Federal Aviation Administration incident report on Wednesday says McDonald was pulling out of a landing before crashing.

Photos from the scene showed the wreckage in a parking space next to a nail salon and diner just outside of the shopping centre in the Dallas suburb of Plano.

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The crash caused a parked car to catch fire. No one was inside the vehicle, and no bystanders were injured, authorities said. (AP)

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