News From Around The County
UPDATED: Wednesday, Nov. 24, 10:46 a.m., With Coroner’s release of information and other details. Originally Published: Tuesday, Nov. 23, 4:52 p.m. TEMECULA, Calif., — Authorities say a local man was killed when a plane he was piloting crashed into an open field about six miles southeast of the French Valley Airport in Temecula, yesterday morning, Tuesday, Nov. 23. […]
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UPDATED: Saturday, July 31, 11:30 a.m., With additional details. BANNING, Calif. — Additional details have emerged and authorities have confirmed that two people were killed when a small plane they were traveling in crashed in a vacant field northwest of Banning Municipal Airport Friday morning. The plane crash, which happened in the area of Hathaway and Ramsey streets, killed both occupants. […]
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RIVERSIDE, Calif., — Two people reportedly suffered minor injuries and were hospitalized after a plane overturned in a field at the Riverside Municipal Airport this morning, Thursday, July 15. The small, experimental aircraft came to rest upside down just short of one of the airport’s two runways, Riverside Fire Department has since reported. Early reports indicate the pilot reported experiencing […]
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JURUPA VALLEY, Calif. — A pilot walked away uninjured after her plane suffered what officials later called a “hard landing” after she reported engine failure and clipped two vehicles while trying to land on a Jurupa Valley street just outside two parks adjacent to the Flabob Airport Thursday afternoon, Feb. 4. After clipping the two vehicles, which were parked and […]
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THERMAL, Calif. — A pilot escaped injury when a single-engine airplane crashed and flipped onto its roof while landing at the Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport in Thermal Friday afternoon, Feb. 5, according to fire and sheriff’s officials. Previously known as the Thermal Airport, the Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport is a public-use airport owned by Riverside County. Friday’s crash was the […]
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REDDING, Calif. — Authorities say at least two of four occupants were killed when a single-engine Beechcraft Bonanza crashed and exploded while taking off from Benton Airpark in West Redding this morning. Two other victims suffered “significant” injuries, according to officials who remain at the scene. A small vegetation fire ignited by the crash and explosion in the canyon north […]
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HEMET — Minor injuries have been reported after a US Air Force plane based out of March Air Reserve Base in Moreno Valley crashed at Hemet-Ryan Airport this afternoon, Thursday, Sept. 12. Two occupants managed to walk away from today’s crash, which left the plane upside down in a dirt field south of W. Stetson Ave. and east of Warren […]
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HEMET — The pilot of a small, home-built, kit airplane was killed after crashing at Hemet-Ryan Airport Saturday morning, June 8. The experimental aircraft – a twin-engine AirCam, which was manufactured by Lockwood Aircraft Corp and built by the pilot and his friends – had just passed its FAA inspection and the deadly crash happened during the plane’s inaugural flight. […]
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UPDATED: Friday, Feb. 8, 2:30 p.m., With additional details and information. MORONGO VALLEY — Officials investigating a plane crash in the mountains west of Hwy 62 and N. Indian Canyon Dr., just west of Desert Hot Springs, have confirmed discovering the bodies of a man and woman killed when their small plane crashed into the side of a canyon Tuesday […]
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