Man and young boy killed in aircraft accident in Fresno Ca.
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Wednesday, December 25, 2013Plane crashes in front yard in Calif., killing 2.
A single-engine aircraft crashed in the front yard of a home in Central California on Thursday, killing two people on board.
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A single-engine aircraft crashed in the front yard of a home in Central California on Thursday, killing two people on board.
A Federal Aviation Administration spokesman says a Cessna 172 plane crashed at about 6:30 p.m. Thursday, approximately 800 feet west of a runway at Fresno’s Chandler Airport.
The plane hit a tree before crashing, authorities said, and caught fire on impact. No one on the ground was injured.
A Fresno Fire Department spokesman says the two victims were the adult male pilot and a boy, about 9 years old.
Their names were not released.
The Fresno Police and Fire Departments were on the scene Thursday evening. The FAA and NTSB will also investigate.
The NTSB typically takes months to determine the probable cause of an accident.
Type: Aircraft Accident
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Fresno-Visalia, CA
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