SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
The collision occurred around 11 a.m. about 2 miles northeast of Brown Field Municipal Airport, Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor said.
Both planes - a twin-engine Sabreliner jet and a single-engine Cessna 172 - were approaching Brown Field, Gregor said.
The aircraft caught fire when they hit the ground and broke apart, said Nick Schuler, a division chief with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
"It appears it was a very violent crash, as you can tell by both aircraft being in multiple pieces," Schuler said.
First responders initially reported three fatalities, but as they inspected the wreckage which was strewn across a quarter-mile area, they determined that at least four people were killed, he said.
The Sabreliner crashed on a grassy slope and the Cessna fell within the bounds of the San Diego National Wildlife Refuge.
Crews extinguished several brush fires where the planes came down. One firefighter was taken to the hospital after he suffered a heat-related injury, Schuler said.
Brown Field, a former Naval auxiliary air station, is in the Otay Mesa area about 15 miles southeast of downtown San Diego, near the border with Mexico.
The FAA and National Transportation Safety Board will investigate, Gregor said.
Date: | 16-AUG-2015 |
Time: | 11:04 a.m. |
Type: | Cessna 172 Skyhawk |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | |
C/n / msn: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 3 |
Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Location: | Brown Field Municipal Airport (KSDM), San Diego, CA - United States of America |
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Unknown |
Departure airport: | |
Brown Field Muni (KSDM) |
The plane crashed and was destroyed by fire in Otay Mesa northeast of Brown Field Municipal Airport (KSDM), San Diego, California, following a midair collision with a Saberliner. Four reported fatalities.
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http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=178741 www.10news.com/news/police-say-airplane-on-fire-near-harvest-road-081615
http://www.cbs8.com/story/29798191/two-small-planes-crash-midair-in-otay-mesa
http://abc7.com/news/3-dead-following-midair-collision-of-small-planes-in-san-diego-county/935907/
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-small-planes-collide-20150816-story.html
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2015/aug/16/plane-crash-brown-field-fatal/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_Sabreliner
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