Monday, February 4, 2019
A small plane that crashed into a suburban Southern California house on Sunday killed two people and injured two others. The injured were transported to the hospital. A two-story home caught fire due to the crash. One firefighter sustained injuries and was hospitalized.
The twin-engine Cessna 414A crashed in Yorba Linda shortly after taking off from the Fullerton Municipal Airport. Firefighters received a call about the crash at about 2 p.m. and found the plane debris at the residence’s rear. A total of 72 firefighters from the OCFA, Anaheim and Orange were dispatched to the scene. The plane crashed in the 1900 block of Canyon Drive in Yorba Linda around 1:45 p.m.
Images also showed a propeller and plane debris scattered across a driveway and a man dousing a burning object that was on the street with a garden hose. The names of those killed is withheld pending notification of kin.
The crash will be investigated by the National Transportation Safety Board, the Federal Aviation Administration and the Orange County Sheriff’s Department. So far, there is no information regarding why the plane crashed.
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