![]() ![]() _Īssociated Press writers Elliot Spagat in San Diego and Christopher Weber in Los Angeles contributed to this report. The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board will investigate. The crash site is a few miles north of Gillespie Field, a small San Diego County airport. The crash happened about three blocks from Santana High School, which said on Twitter that “all students are secure.” The San Diego County Sheriff's Department continues to assist our partner law enforcement and fire agencies with a small plane crash in Santee. It was believed to be a private aircraft flying from Yuma to Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport in San Diego, Santee’s deputy fire chief said. The plane was a twin-engine Cessna C340, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. He met the new owner Monday as he arrived to see the damage. ![]() No one was home at the other house that was destroyed, which sold only a month ago, Pelloth said. A certified flight instructor said he believes the pilot was. “Both were definitely in shock, but at least they were alive,” said Huppert, a military contractor. Audio prior to deadly Santee plane crash reveals pilot may have been disoriented. He grabbed a fire extinguisher and then joined other neighbors who pulled the boards off the couple’s fence to rescue the woman’s husband.Įrik Huppert, 57, who ran down to help after his house shook, said he saw the man walking in the backyard after they pulled off the boards. Pelloth looked outside and first saw the UPS truck on fire. “I could hear it falling, and then some kind of explosion.” ![]() “My initial thought was that it was a meteorite coming down,” he said. The group helped the couple walk a safe distance away until paramedics arrived.Īndrew Pelloth, 30, lives across the street from the couple and was working from home when he heard a whirring and then a huge boom. But moments later, there were explosions inside the home. ![]()
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