SIMI VALLEY, Ca. — A small, home-built package airplane crashed in Simi Valley, California, on Saturday afternoon, damaging two houses and catching hearth, officers mentioned.
An unidentified pilot was the one occupant of the Vans RV-10 that crashed close to Excessive Meadow Road and Wooden Ranch Parkway round 2:10 p.m., the Federal Aviation Administration mentioned.
The pilot died within the crash, Ventura County Fireplace Division Public Data Officer Andrew Dowd advised reporters at a information convention.
Some 40 firefighters had been dispatched and put out the flames, in response to the fireplace division.
There have been individuals inside the 2 houses on the time of the crash, however they weren’t damage, Dowd mentioned.
Shelby Joice advised ABC Information she lives throughout the road from the place the aircraft crashed. She mentioned she and her mom had been watching TV once they heard what gave the impression of a helicopter passing over.
“Swiftly, we heard a giant crash and our total home began shaking. We truly thought one thing crashed into our home,” Joyce mentioned.
She mentioned they witnessed a “large, large fireball” and black plumes of smoke.
The aircraft departed from William J. Fox Airfield in Lancaster and was heading to Camarillo Airport, in response to the FAA.
The Nationwide Transportation Security Board will lead the investigation and work with the FAA.
Simi Valley is positioned about 40 miles northwest of Los Angeles.
