3 Killed in California Plane Crash

by The Associated Press | February 28, 2008 at 07:07 am

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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — A small airplane crashed in a residential
neighborhood, killing three people in a fiery impact that destroyed a
car and engulfed palm trees in flames.
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Three people on board the plane died late Wednesday, said Riverside Fire Battalion Chief Mike Esparza. No one on the ground was hurt.
Esparza said witnesses thought the plane started having trouble soon after taking off from Riverside Municipal Airport, less than a half mile away.
Steve Kiser said he was outside his home when he saw the plane coming toward him, barely clearing the power lines. He said the plane veered then nose-dived onto the street.
"I knew he wasn't going to make it," Kiser told the Riverside-Press Enterprise, adding the plane sounded like it had engine trouble. "It blew up and all the trees caught fire."
Said Esparza: "The pilot did one heck of a job avoiding these homes and preventing anyone else from being hurt."
Firefighters received calls of the crash just after 10 p.m., and when they arrived the plane was engulfed in flames, Esparza said.