A Cessna airplane crashed into a Yorba Linda home Sunday, killing the pilot and four people inside the home it struck, also injuring two more people in the residence, authorities said.
The plane nose-dived onto the 19000 block of Crestknoll Drive about 1:45 p.m., Orange County Sheriff’s Department spokeswoman Carrie Braun said.
The Cessna 414A took off from Fullerton Municipal Airport about 10 minutes before the crash, according to National Transportation Safety Board Investigator Eliott Simpson.
The airport is about 15 miles from the accident site.
There’s no information so far regarding why the plane crashed, Orange County Fire Authority Capt. Cameron Rossman said.
The pilot was the only person on the plane and two males and two females were killed inside the house, Orange County sheriff’s Lt. Cory Martino said.
The names of those killed and injured were withheld pending notification of kin.
The two injured victims were hospitalized with burn injuries. Their conditions were unknown.
One firefighter suffered an ankle injury, Rossman said.
In video footage shot by witnesses and given to ABC7, a two-story home is shown engulfed in flames and a piece of the plane’s wreckage is burning in the street.
A total of 72 firefighters from the OCFA, Anaheim and Orange were dispatched to the scene, he said.
The crash will be investigated by the National Transportation Safety Board, the FAA and the Orange County Sheriff’s Department.