2 Hurt In Small Plane Crash In North County

Carlsbad CA

03 June, 2022

6:37 PM

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OCEANSIDE, CA — Two people were injured Friday when an airplane operated by a skydiving company crashed in a field near Oceanside Municipal Airport. The single-engine Cessna 208B Caravan went down about 2 p.m. just east of Bob Maxwell Memorial Field as the pilot was trying to land at the airfield near state Route 76, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Paramedics took the two people who had been aboard the GoJump Oceanside aircraft to a hospital for treatment of injuries of unknown severity, police Lt. Scott Garrett said. The cause of the crash was not immediately clear. The FAA will investigate the accident along with the National Transportation Safety Board. — City News Service