JUNE 28, 2015
CORONA, CALIFORNIA
A tiny single-engine
plane (a Great Lakes 2T-1A Sport Trainer) hit a cellular telephone tower Sunday, killing a man and hospitalizing a
woman near Lake Mathews, according to the Riverside County Fire Department.
Firefighters responded
to a orange-and-black aircraft crash at 12:14 p.m. at the 20300 block of Farley
Avenue, off Cajalco Road, near Lake Mathews east of Corona, said Jody Hagemann
of the Riverside County Fire Department.
The area is less than a mile southwest of Lake Mathews.
The man died in the
plane.
The woman was
ejected during the crash, but remained conscious and summoned authorities, said
Cal Fire Battalion Chief Richard Owens.
Aside from the
survivor, there are no known witnesses, Owens said.
All major portions
of the plane appeared to be at the crash site, he said, though some pieces
appeared to have landed in a small, damaged tree just feet from the cell tower.
Nearby electric lines appeared intact and undamaged.
There was no fire,
fuel leak or smell of gasoline, said Owens.
The wreckage
continued to dangle from the cellular tower hours after the incident as
authorities waited for utility workers TO arrive and switch off the tower's
electrical supply.
The cause the crash
remained unclear. Federal crash investigators were scheduled to arrive about 7
p.m. to begin their investigation.
The aircraft, an experimental Maniscalco built Great Lakes, impacted a cellular telephone structure southwest of Lake Matthews, southeast of Corona, California. The airplane remained lodged in the structure, sustaining substantial damage. One of the two occupants onboard the aircraft received fatal injuries and one was seriously injured. Sources: http://patch.com/california/banning-beaumont/one-killed-one-injured-plane-crash-0 http://www.ocregister.com/articles/tower-669150-fire-corona.html http://www.asias.faa.gov/pls/apex/f?p=100:95:0::NO::P95_EVENT_LCL_DATE,P95_LOC_CITY_NAME,P95_REGIST_NBR:28-JUN-15,CORONA,N7LM http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=7LM http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/000713911.html |
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