An investigator with the Montrose Police Department surveys the wreckage of a single-engine airplane that crashed on Park Avenue near downtown Montrose Wednesday morning.

The prop of a single-engine airplane that crashed on Park Avenue near downtown Montrose Wednesday morning lies on the sidewalk a few feet away from the wreckage.

Dozens of Montrose residents, some living a few blocks away, take pictures with their cell phones and converse at the scene of a single-engine airplane that crashed on Park Avenue near downtown Montrose Wednesday morning.

Investigators with the Montrose Police Department survey the wreckage of a single-engine airplane that crashed on Park Avenue near downtown Montrose Wednesday morning. The plane clipped the top branches of a tree before slamming into the street.

Investigators with the Montrose Police Department survey the wreckage of a single-engine airplane that crashed on Park Avenue near downtown Montrose Wednesday morning. The plane clipped the top branches of a tree before slamming into the street. The pilot walked away and was treated and released from Montrose Memorial Hospital.

An investigator with the Montrose Police Department takes pictures of a single-engine aircraft that crashed on Park Avenue near downtown Montrose Wednesday morning. The pilot reportedly suffered engine trouble while on approach to the airport and his plane clipped a tree and smashed into the street. Park Avenue sits aligned with the airport and many pilots at the crash site said that they line up their aircraft with the Montrose street.

An investigator with the Montrose Police Department surveys the wreckage of a single-engine airplane that crashed on Park Avenue near downtown Montrose Wednesday morning.

Investigators with the Montrose Police Department and Montrose Fire Department use a large fire truck to survey the wreckage of a single-engine airplane that crashed on Park Avenue near downtown Montrose Wednesday morning.

Investigators with the Montrose Police Department survey the wreckage of a single-engine airplane that crashed on Park Avenue near downtown Montrose Wednesday morning.

Officers with the Montrose Police Department talk to area residents at the scene of a single-engine airplane that crashed on Park Avenue near downtown Montrose Wednesday morning.

The end section a wing from a single-engine airplane that crashed on Park Avenue near downtown Montrose Wednesday morning lies in the street a few feet away from the wreckage.

Vista Charter School students, Kyle Weston and Andrew Martinez take pictures with their cell phones of a single-engine airplane that crashed on Park Avenue near downtown Montrose Wednesday morning.

Dozens of Montrose residents, some living a few blocks away, take pictures with their cell phones and converse at the scene of a single-engine airplane that crashed on Park Avenue near downtown Montrose Wednesday morning.

Investigators with the Montrose Police Department survey the wreckage of a single-engine airplane that crashed on Park Avenue near downtown Montrose Wednesday morning. The plane clipped the top branches of the tree pictured, before slamming into the street. The pilot walked away and was treated and released from Montrose Memorial Hospital.