One Person Dies When Small Plane Crashes Near Columbia Airport, Sheriff Reports
Sep. 5—A plane crash early Monday afternoon killed one person near Columbia Airport, the Tuolumne CA County Sheriff's Office told a local news website.
The small craft went down in the 23000 block of Seminole Drive, in the flight path about half a mile north of the runway, mymotherlode.com said.
The person who died was the only occupant, spokeswoman Ashley Boujikian of the Tuolumne County Sheriff's Office told the news site.
The plane was a single-engine Barnow Barry Vari EZE, spokeswoman Eva Lee Ngai of the Federal Aviation Administration said by email to The Modesto Bee. It crashed at about 12:10 p.m.
Details are not yet known on the name of pilot or the plane's origin or destination. The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the cause.
Seminole Drive is in the Gold Springs subdivision, northwest of Columbia State Historic Park.
The airport is home to small private planes and the Columbia Air Attack Base, part of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
We will update this story as more information becomes available.
This story was originally published September 5, 2022 2:05 PM.
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