FLAGLER COUNTY, Fla. — Residents in the Seminole Woods neighborhood of Palm Coast were left with questions after a large chunk of ice plummeted from the sky and landed on a home in early February.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) told First Coast News Monday it has discovered that the chunk of ice did not come from an airliner.

After the incident happened on Feb. 3, a neighbor called 911, saying that multiple pieces of ice were scattered across the road, with one hitting the home’s metal roof.

When first responders with the Palm Coast Fire Department arrived at the scene, firefighters found a hole in the roof and pieces of ice that had penetrated into a living room area inside the home.

Firefighters then notified the FAA and the Palm Coast Building Department. Inspectors deemed the home safe to live in and the fire department placed a blue tarp over the damaged part of the roof.

No injuries were reported in the incident, and the people who live in the home did not want to comment.

On Tuesday, First Coast News spoke with JP Dice, a corporate aircraft pilot and meteorologist, who offered insights about what could have happened.

Dice pointed to aircraft icing as a potential cause.

“A lot of times, an airplane will build up ice under certain weather conditions,” he said. “And when they start to descend or add some of their ice protection, turn that on the airplane, sometimes they will shed that ice.”

Dice also suggested other possibilities, including:

• Water Leaks: A leak in an aircraft’s potable water system could lead to ice forming on the exterior and breaking off.

• Larger Aircraft: The size of the ice chunk suggests it likely originated from a larger aircraft, such as a military jet, or a larger corporate jet.

While the FAA stated that it’s not uncommon for ice to fall off planes, Dice said ice actually hitting a house is extremely rare.

“It’s about like hearing a meteorite falling through the roof of a house,” Dice said.

Dice also talked about weather data from February, as cloud cover and atmospheric conditions could have played a role.

“You may even think, hey, it’s Florida, the temperatures are pretty warm at the surface,” he said. “But, what you have to remember, as you go up higher in the atmosphere where airliners fly, those temperatures may be minus 40, minus 50 degrees Celsius.”