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Two people are dead and two others are injured following a small plane crash in San Diego on Saturday, officials say.
San Diego Fire Department officials said crews were at the scene of a small plane that crashed into the back of a home in the 6000 block of Chandler Drive, about a 1/2 mile from the Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport, where the plane had taken off.
Plane crashes into #Clairemont house. @sdfd on scene. #SanDiego pic.twitter.com/rRpOKMVZZH
— Central Commander 📱 (@DeniseScatena) December 10, 2017
The wreck occurred at about 4:30 p.m. in San Diego’s Clairemont neighborhood.
Authorities said at an afternoon press conference two of the four people on board were killed in the crash.
Plane crash, #Clairemont. @sdfd on scene. pic.twitter.com/qgCc3ngDqe
— Central Commander 📱 (@DeniseScatena) December 10, 2017
Thank you @sdfd for your quick response to plane crash / house fire in #Clairemont. #sandiego pic.twitter.com/mAFxaWmKs8
— Central Commander 📱 (@DeniseScatena) December 10, 2017
#DEVELOPING: 2of4 people on board single engine plane killed in fiery crash into Clairemont home.Pilot radioed catastrophic engine failure. Tried to return to Montgomery Field, says SDFD.The Beech BE 36 Bonanza touched down in empty schoolyard & crashed thru fence into home. pic.twitter.com/WIwcyOTecP
— Omari Fleming (@OmariNBCSD) December 10, 2017