A small private jet that had flown to the UK from Milan in Italy crashed into a car auction as it was trying to land which resulted in the death the pilot and three passengers.
A blaze broke out at the auction site at Blackbushe Airport at 3.09pm when the Phenom 300 plane ploughed into a full car park.
All four people on board the plane were killed, said Inspector Olga Venner from Hampshire Police. She added that the airfield had been closed.
Footage showed the aftermath of the crash near the end of the runway and debris could be seen strewn among dozens of damaged cars.
Andrew Thomas, who was paying for a car at the time, told Sky News it was an "aggressive fire" and there was "explosion after explosion".
Robert Belcher, a local aviation enthusiast, said he was driving home when he saw black smoke billowing from the site.
"I could see the plume of smoke waving from about five miles away and was hoping it was just a car fire rather than an aircraft accident."
He added: "Apparently the aircraft was landing and just didn't stop. At the end of the runway there is a car park because the airport is used for car auctions and it's gone into there."
Hampshire police and the Air Accidents Investigation Branch are undertaking a joint probe to determine the cause of the accident, said Inspector Venner.
She added: "There were four people on board, including the pilot. Sadly there were no survivors. There have been no injuries on the ground."
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