Six people were killed in a crash at French Valley Airport Saturday morning, just days after a pilot was killed in another crash near the facility.
The Cessna C550 business jet went down near the runway at French Valley Airport neararound 4 a.m. Saturday. The crash set the plane and the surrounding field on fire, destroying most of the plane, and killing all six people on board.
The plane crashed about 500 feet short of the runway, and the resultant fire caused a 200-foot-long debris field. According to Simpson, the low clouds and visibility were "right at the minimums" for landing at French Valley Airport Saturday morning. Had cloud coverage or visibility been any lower, attempting to land would not have been allowed.
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