Richard and Sue Bristow killed in small-plane crash near Petaluma Municipal Airport in Petaluma, California

Modified Date: 
Mon, 05/28/2018 - 6:21pm
Accident Date: 
Sunday, May 27, 2018

2 Killed In Plane Crash Shortly After Takeoff In Sonoma County

Alvarez says the plane was turning around and heading back to the airport when it crashed in a street. Officials say nobody on the ground was hurt but both occupants of the plane were killed.

Victims in Petaluma plane crash identified by family

A pilot himself, Sean O'Brien told us the plane was maybe 800 feet in the air, when the engine backfired and the plane suddenly banked to the right as if to try to return to the airport, but instead it twirled to the ground.

People Involved: 
Richard Bristow
Sue Bristow

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