3 killed in Big Bear plane crash

Rene Ray De La Cruz, Victorville Daily Press
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Three people died Monday when their single-engine plane crashed in Big Bear in the San Bernardino Mountains.
Three people died Monday when their single-engine plane crashed in Big Bear in the San Bernardino Mountains.

Three people died in a single-engine plane crash in Big Bear in the San Bernardino Mountains, according to local authorities.

Around 2:02 p.m. Monday, Big Bear firefighters responded to a downed aircraft in a large vacant lot at the corner of Paradise Way and Maltby Boulevard. The Beechcraft A36 crashed a few blocks east of the Big Bear Airport and Big Bear Valley Historical Museum.

When crews arrived, they saw a badly damaged single-engine private plane, with no visible smoke or flames. The three people on board the plane died at the scene.

The San Bernardino Sheriff-Coroner’s Office has not released the identity of those killed in the incident.

The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the cause of the crash.

Cessna crash

Monday’s incident was the second deadly small plane crash in three days in Southern California.

On Saturday, one person was killed when a single-engine plane slammed into a grassy hillside above homes in a Los Angeles neighborhood amid dense fog, the Associated Press reported.

The Cessna C172 crashed about 8 miles southeast of Van Nuys Airport, the Los Angeles Fire Department and FAA said.

This story is developing and will be updated as more information becomes available.

Daily Press reporter Rene Ray De La Cruz may be reached at 760-951-6227 or RDeLaCruz@VVDailyPress.com. Follow him on Twitter @DP_ReneDeLaCruz

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