The crash was reported at 4:16 a.m. near the French Valley airport. The plane, engulfed in flames, landed in a field.
Six people were killed when a Cessna business jet crashed just north of French Valley Airport Saturday morning, July 8, authorities said.
The crash was reported around 4:15 a.m. in the area of Auld and Briggs roads in Murrieta. Arriving deputies found the plane fully engulfed in flames in a field, Riverside County Sheriff’s Deputy Jeret McClellan said. Six people were on board the Cessna C550 business jet, which took off from Harry Reid Airport in Las Vegas about 3:15 a.m., according to Mina Kaji, spokesperson for the Federal Aviation Administration.
FlightAware, a third-party flight tracking site, showed a plane that took off from Harry Reid Airport around 3:15 a.m. and, for unknown reasons, bypassed the runway at French Valley Airport traveling southbound, then fell short of the runway after attempting to circle back around for a second approach just before 4:15 a.m.
The fire burned about an acre of vegetation before Cal Fire firefighters extinguished the flames, officials said.a student pilot was killed and three others were injuredThe preliminary report from the July 4 crash is expected from the National Transportation Safety Board in about three weeks.This is a developing story. Additional information will be added as it becomes available.
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