Overview
- The aircraft came down around 4 p.m. on a soccer field at Heartwell Park, according to the Long Beach Fire Department.
- Firefighters extricated an elderly male pilot and a woman in her 40s who was struck during the landing, and both were hospitalized with moderate, stable injuries.
- Responders found the plane on its belly with broken landing gear, an intact fuselage, and visible debris including a severely cracked left-side wing.
- Police and fire crews cordoned off the area and secured the wreckage as officials worked to document the scene.
- Some outlets described the aircraft as possibly experimental or a glider, and preliminary reports cited a route involving Compton and French Valley with a planned arrival at Long Beach Airport.