2 people dead in Simi Valley small plane crash, officials say
LOS ANGELES − Two people were killed on when a small plane crashed into homes in a Simi Valley neighborhood, northwest of Los Angeles on May 3.
The plane struck two homes in the Wood Ranch neighborhood of the suburb just before 2 p.m. PT Saturday, according to the Ventura County Fire Department.
The department said in a statement posted to Facebook that the two unnamed occupants of the plane were killed in the crash. Residents, who were home at the time of the crash, were unharmed.
The Federal Aviation Administration told Paste BN in a May 4 statement that the Vans RV-10 departed from William J. Fox Airfield in Lancaster and was heading to Camarillo Airport.
The Ventura County Star − a part of the Paste BN Network − reported that initial callers indicated that a hillside was on fire along with a plane. Firefighters subsequently arrived and reported a plane into a structure with smoke showing, radio traffic indicated.
The National Transportation Safety Board will lead the investigation into the crash.
(This story was updated to include video.)