Five dead and three injured after plane falls apart mid-air and crashes into two-story home in Orange County
Five people were killed and a further three were injured in a freak accident in Orange County, California, on Sunday, February 3, after a small plane fell apart in mid-air, caught fire, and then crashed into a two-story home in a residential neighborhood. The victims were three males, one of whom was confirmed as the pilot, and two females. Their identities were not released by the officials.
According to the Los Angeles Times, the plane, a Cessna 414A — a light, pressurized, twin-engine aircraft — took off from the Fullerton Municipal Airport at 1:35 p.m. Radar showed that the plane took a left turn after take-off and began rapidly losing altitude 10 miles into the journey.
A spokesman for the Orange County Sheriff's Office said they got a call about a crash in the 19000 block of Crestknoll Drive in Yorba Linda at 1:45 p.m. When deputies arrived at the scene, they found that the plane had crashed into a two-story home which caught fire after the accident.