A person in his mid-20s who was piloting a single-engine airplane was airlifted to a trauma heart with essential accidents after a fiery crash in Ventura County, authorities mentioned.
The crash east of Santa Paula Airport was reported shortly earlier than 12:30 p.m. Sunday, in keeping with the Ventura County Fireplace Division.
No passengers have been aboard the small airplane when it went down in an industrial space within the metropolis of Santa Paula and sparked a blaze, mentioned Andy VanSciver, a firefighter and public info officer for the Fireplace Division.
A number of companies are within the space the place the airplane crashed, however the fireplace was contained to the airplane, and no different accidents have been reported, VanSciver mentioned.
A photograph posted by the company on X exhibits the nostril of the airplane and propeller hooked up to a very naked body, apparently incinerated by the blaze. A single wheel is seen close to a pile of ash and particles.
Santa Paula Police Chief Don Aguilar instructed The Occasions on Sunday that the airplane crashed in an open yard space, disturbing stacked pipes that have been laid out. It got here to relaxation subsequent to a big steel trash bin, which is seen within the picture.
Firefighters who responded to extinguish the fireplace and look after the affected person have left the scene, VanSciver mentioned.
A video posted by the company seems to indicate the pilot being taken to a ready helicopter on a gurney.
The identification and an replace on the situation of the pilot weren’t instantly out there.
The Federal Aviation Administration and the Santa Paula Police Division are on the scene investigating, and the Nationwide Transportation Security Board was notified.
One other small airplane made an emergency touchdown in Ventura County on Saturday, CBS Information reported. No accidents have been reported within the incident, wherein the plane landed in a dry riverbed in Fillmore, the outlet mentioned, and the FAA can be investigating that crash.
