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Fallbrook plane crash: Lone pilot survives with minor injuries as aircraft goes down near San Diego
A single-engine plane crashed in Fallbrook, CA, sparking a fire. The blaze is contained; the pilot survived with minor injuries, no others aboard.
A single-engine plane crashed in the Fallbrook area of California's North County on Wednesday, sparking a bushfire.
North County Fire Protection District said in an update that the situation has been contained, and the pilot has survived with minor injuries. No one else was aboard the aircraft, they confirmed in the update.
"There is a road closure in place on S. Mission Rd. from S. Stagecoach Lane to Mission Oaks Road," it added.
The Federal Aviation Administration reported that it was a Cessna 182 with the tail number N766EE. It crashed while landing at Fallbrook Community Airpark around 2:05 p.m. The FAA is investigating the cause, it said.
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Captain John Choi of the California Highway Patrol told ABC affiliate, ABC10 News San Diego, that the pilot was not trapped during the crash and suffered only minor injuries from the fall. He is currently being treated at a hospital. The likely cause of the crash was a missed landing, Choi added.
The crash sparked multiple road closures in the nearby areas.
