Overview

• The crash happened around 7 p.m. Saturday on the 300 block of Buena Vista Drive during the Watsonville Municipal Airport’s Fire in the Sky open house, and both injured adults were hospitalized with non–life-threatening injuries.
• A male victim sustained severe hand injuries requiring skin-graft surgery in San Francisco, while a female victim suffered significant bruising after being struck by the plane’s wing.
• Witnesses described a jet-style model with about a six-foot wingspan, and officials say the owner has cooperated as federal and local investigators work to determine why control was lost.
• The impact tore through a large umbrella, left a roughly three-foot hole in the front deck, shattered a window, and sprayed fuel and debris into the home’s living room.
• Watsonville police and fire, airport personnel, the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office, and the CHP responded to the scene, with the cause of the incident still under investigation.