One Dead After Small Plane Crashes in Riverside County

By Christian Martinez

Source Los Angeles Times (TNS)

Nov. 23, 2022

One person was killed in a plane crash Tuesday evening in the Riverside County community of Banning, fire officials said.

The incident was reported just before 6:30 p.m. south of the 10 Freeway near Hargrave Street and Malki Road.

A CalFire/Riverside County Fire Department map showed the incident location marked near the Banning Municipal Airport.

The small, unidentified plane reportedly caught fire and started a quarter-acre vegetation fire that was contained.

"The crash involved a single engine aircraft and 1 occupant perished in the incident," Riverside County fire officials said in tweet.

The incident is under investigation by the Riverside County Sheriff's Department and Federal Aviation Administration.

This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.

©2022 Los Angeles Times. Visit latimes.com. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

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