Pilot dies in crash of single-engine airplane in Simi Valley neighborhood

The pilot and sole occupant of a small, single-engine airplane died when the plane crashed and ended up within the yard of a house in California on Saturday, authorities mentioned.

NBC Los Angeles aerial footage of the crash website within the metropolis of Simi Valley, about 42 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles, confirmed a physique on the bottom, although its connection to the incident was unconfirmed.

Simi Valley police mentioned in an announcement that the airplane crashed shortly earlier than 2 p.m. and ended up in a residential yard, with no accidents reported on the bottom.

The Ventura County Hearth Division mentioned the airplane struck two properties, sparking hearth, however residents inside every evacuated and had been unhurt, with the fires extinguished and unspecified harm ensuing.

The Federal Aviation Administration mentioned the pilot was the one particular person on board the plane, which it mentioned was a Van’s RV-10, a four-seat, single-engine airplane shipped as a equipment and supposed to be assembled by clients.

The airplane took off from the small airport within the metropolis of Lancaster, a excessive desert group in Los Angeles County, en path to Camarillo Airport, which is about 20 miles west of Simi Valley, the FAA mentioned in an announcement. Each are noncommercial airports.

The crash website is in a hillside neighborhood of two-story homes, Wooden Ranch, the place the median itemizing is about $900,000. Video confirmed residents and first responders gathering close to a hillside after the crash, with separate imagery displaying smoke coming from the rooftop of a house.

The Nationwide Transportation Security Board will lead an investigation into the reason for the crash, the FAA mentioned.