4 killed in Corona plane crash
Four people were killed today when a single-engine airplane crashed just northeast of Corona Municipal Airport, triggering a fire.
The plane crashed shortly after noon while the pilot was trying to take off from the single-runway, non-towered airport.
"The unidentified aircraft crashed under unknown circumstances," Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor told City News Service.'The aircraft was destroyed."
According to Corona police, fire crews reached the crash site within 10 minutes and found the plane in flames, which were doused after burning about a quarter-acre of brush.
No homes or other structures were in the immediate vicinity.
Gregor said the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the crash.
