A small plane has crashed in a San Diego neighborhood on Thursday morning, starting a large fire and damaging at least 15 houses and multiple cars, firefighters said Thursday.
The officials are working to get everyone out of the neighborhood and will go home to find out if there is someone inside, said Fire Chief of Emergency Operations of San Diego, Dan Eddy, said at a press conference, referring to her as “as a film scene.”
The plane directly hit multiple houses and cars, burning them, before running down the street, said Eddy.
A house is damaged after a small plane crashed into a neighborhood in San Diego, on May 22, 2025.
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The vehicles are damaged as the authorities work in the scene where a small plane crashed into a neighborhood in San Diego, burning several houses and forcing evacuations along several blocks, on May 22, 2025.
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They have not been transported to patients from now on, and officials seek to see if someone is within the impacted area, said Eddy.
The small private plane crashed seconds before landing around 3:45 am local time, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
The plane flew from Wichita, Kansas, to the Montgomery Gibbs executive airport in San Diego when it crashed. It was approximately 500 feet in the air in its last radar record, according to FAA.
The vehicles are damaged as the authorities work in the scene where a small plane crashed into a neighborhood in San Diego, burning several houses and forcing evacuations along several blocks, on May 22, 2025.
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“A Cessna 550 crashed near the Executive Airport of Montgomery-Gibbs in California, around 3:45 amlocal time on Thursday, May 22. The number of people on board is unknown at this time,” said the FAA in a statement.
There was no Mayday call before this clash. The last communication was the pilot announcing on the radio that was 3 miles and landing. The tower was closed at that time and this is a standard procedure.
Residents have received instructions to avoid the area near Sculpin Street and Santo Road while the teams work.
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