Single-Engine Plane Crashes in San Francisco Bay Area, Pilot Killed
The homebuilt Van’s RV-6 aircraft crashed near a busy intersection close to Buchanan Field airport in Concord.
- Pilot of a single-engine Van’s RV-6 plane was killed when the aircraft crashed on a city street near Buchanan Field airport in Concord, San Francisco Bay Area.
- No one else was onboard the plane, and no vehicles on the ground were involved.
- The plane may have had significant trouble taking off, and had already performed a 'touch and go' before crashing.
- The plane also struck a vehicle, the driver of which was taken to a hospital with minor injuries.
- The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the crash.