Pilot uninjured after plane crashes into parked car, aircraft hangar in Banning
BANNING, Calif., — A pilot was lucky to walk away uninjured after crashing into an aircraft hangar at the Banning Municipal Airport Saturday morning Feb. 26.
The plane, a 1975 single-engine Cessna 172M, sustained heavy damage in the accident, which also damaged the hangar’s doors as well as a car that was parked in front of the hangar.
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Banning police officers, Cal Fire – Riverside, and other emergency personnel were dispatched to the airport shortly before 10 a.m. after receiving reports of an aircraft emergency, Cal Fire later reported.
It was not immediately clear if the involved plane crashed upon takeoff or landing, or if the aircraft had been taxiing to or from the hangar when yesterday’s aircraft emergency occurred. Eddie George and Laurie Cain / Hemet News photo
Responding to the airport, located on the 200 block of Hathaway Street, emergency personnel found a small Cessna plane that had crashed into a parked car before plowing into a Skydive West Coast airport hangar.
The pilot, who was the plane’s sole-occupant and whose name has not been released, had already self-extricated from the aircraft and was found to have been uninjured in the mishap.
Although no injuries were reported, the plane, which is registered to Flex Air Holdings out of Wilmington, Delaware, showed heavy damage at the scene.
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No details as to what may have led to the accident have been released and the investigation has been turned over to Banning PD, according to Cal Fire.
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Eddie George & Laurie Cain – Hemet News photos above, video below.
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Trevor Montgomery, 51, moved in 2017 to the Intermountain area of Shasta County from Riverside County and operates Riverside County News Source (RCNS) and Shasta County News Source (SCNS), which act as stringer-news providers for other mainstream media organizations throughout the two regions they serve.
Additionally, he writes or has written for several other news organizations; including Riverside County based newspapers Valley News, Valley Chronicle, Anza Valley Outlook, and Hemet & San Jacinto Chronicle; the Bonsall/Fallbrook Village News in San Diego County; and Mountain Echo in Shasta County. He is also a regular contributor to Thin Blue Line TV and Law Enforcement News Network and has had his stories featured on news stations throughout the Southern California and North State regions.
Trevor spent 10 years in the U.S. Army as an Orthopedic Specialist before joining the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department in 1998. He was medically retired after losing his leg, breaking his back, and suffering both spinal cord and brain injuries in an off-duty accident. (Click here to see segment of Discovery Channel documentary of Trevor’s accident.)
During his time with the sheriff’s department, Trevor worked at several different stations; including Robert Presley Detention Center, Southwest Station in Temecula, Hemet/Valle Vista Station, Ben Clark Public Safety Training Center, and Lake Elsinore Station; along with other locations.
Trevor’s assignments included Corrections, Patrol, DUI Enforcement, Boat and Personal Water-Craft based Lake Patrol, Off-Road Vehicle Enforcement, Problem Oriented Policing Team, and Personnel/Background Investigations. He finished his career while working as a Sex Crimes and Child Abuse Investigator and was a court-designated expert in child abuse and child sex-related crimes.
Trevor has been married for more than 30 years and was a foster parent to more than 60 children over 13 years. He is now an adoptive parent and his “fluid family” includes 13 children and 18 grandchildren.