LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Residents in a West Los Angeles neighborhood awoke Saturday morning to the aftermath of a deadly plane crash.
The small aircraft — a single-engine Cessna 210 — went down in the middle of a densely populated area Friday evening.
The crash happened in the 2100 block of Glendon Avenue. Just after 6 p.m., the pilot declared an emergency shortly after departing from Santa Monica Airport.
The pilot was trying to get back to the runway when the plane struck a tree and burst into flames about three miles from the airport.
Several blocks were closed overnight as the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and other agencies arrived on scene to investigate.
A first responder in the area described the low-flying plane as “going down fast.”
“He said that he looked up and did not hear any noise from the motor and witnessed the plane hit the palm tree. It fell to the ground and shortly thereafter was engulfed in flame,” said Los Angeles Fire Department assistant chief Andy Fox.
No homes were damaged and no one on the ground was injured.
Brian Humphrey, a spokesman for the LAFD, did confirm that one person in the plane died at the scene. That person was believed to be the pilot of the plane.
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