WATSONVILLE, Calif.—Three people and a dog were killed after two small planes collided in Northern California while trying to land at a rural airport, authorities said Friday.
The names of those killed after their planes crashed Thursday at the Watsonville Municipal Airport will be released once their families have been notified, the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.
There were two people and a dog aboard a twin-engine Cessna 340 and only the pilot aboard a single-engine Cessna 152 during the crash, NTSB air safety investigator Fabian Salazar said.
People look at the wreckage from a plane crash at Watsonville Municipal Airport in Watsonville, Calif., on Aug. 18, 2022. (Nic Coury/AP Photo)
The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board were investigating, the sheriff’s office said….