WE’RE CONTINUING TO FOLLOW NEWS THIS MORNING OF A PRIVATE PLANE CRASH OVERNIGHT IN PACIFIC GROVE. THE COAST GUARD SAYS THEY ARE SEARCHING FOR THREE PEOPLE THAT WERE ON BOARD. IT HAPPENED OFFSHORE NEAR ASILOMAR <“OXYGEN TANK, METAL PIECES.”> THIS IS VIDEO SENT IN BY A VIEWER.. SHOWING DEBRIS WASHING UP ON THE THE SHORE. THE MONTEREY COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE.. PACIFIC GROVE POLICE.. THE COAST GUARD.. AND CAL FIRE WERE ON THE SCENE RESPONDING TO THE INCIDENT DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. TAKING A LOOK AT WHAT WE KNOW.. FLIGHT RADAR SHOWS THE PRIVATE PLANE TOOK OFF FROM SAN CARLOS AIRPORT SHORTLY AFTER 10 O’CLOCK SATURDAY NIGHT. IT WAS HEADED TO THE MONTEREY AIRPORT. ALSO FROM FLIGHT RADAR.. THE PLANE.. A TWIN-ENGINE BEECHCRAFT PLANE.. CRASHING INTO THE WATER JUST BEFORE 10:40. U-S COAST GUARD OFFICIALS RECEIVED REPORTS OF THE INCIDENT AROUND 15 MINUTES LATER.. AND WERE AMONG THE FIRST ON-SCENE. THEY SUPPLIED TWO BOATS AND A HELICOPTER FOR SEARCH EFFORTS.. AND SAY THERE WERE THREE PEOPLE THAT WERE ON BOARD THE PLANE. WE ALSO KNOW THAT ACCORDING TO CAL FIRE.. WITNESSES REPORTED HEARING THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE REVVING BEFORE SPLASHING INTO THE WATER.### WE ALSO KNOW COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM WAS AT THE SCENE.. WAITING FOR THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD. THE DEBRIS WILL REMAIN AT THE BEACH UNTIL THE N-T-S-B ARRIVES TO GATHER IT AND DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE CRASH. WE WILL HAVE MORE INFORMATION AS IT BECOMES AV
Small aircraft deadly crash off Pacific Grove coast, same area as John Denver’s 1997 crash
A small plane carrying three people crashed off the shore of Pacific Grove, California, on Saturday night, near the site where, nearly 28 years earlier, popular musician John Denver tragically died in a plane crash.The Beech 95-B55 Baron went down Saturday over 200 yards off Point Pinos, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. Pacific Grove is located on the southern edge of Monterey Bay on California’s Central Coast.Related video above: Multi-agency search underway after plane crashes off Pacific Grove coastThe incident evokes memories of Denver’s fatal crash in 1997, commemorated by a plaque at 1275 Ocean View Blvd., marking the area of his death.John Denver, a country-folk singer and one of the biggest artists of the 1970s, was known for hits like “Thank God I’m a Country Boy,” “Leaving on a Jet Plane,” and “Sunshine on My Shoulders.” An avid aviation enthusiast, Denver was flying an experimental aircraft, the Long EZ N555JD, on October 12, 1997, when he died while performing a series of touch-and-go landings at the Monterey Regional Airport. He was the only occupant of the plane, with his cause of death being multiple blunt force traumas sustained in the crash.Though Denver was not under the influence at the time of his death, he was not legally permitted to fly due to a previous DUI arrest. The National Transportation Safety Board later ruled that the crash was primarily caused by Denver’s failure to switch fuel tanks during the flight.
A small plane carrying three people crashed off the shore of Pacific Grove, California, on Saturday night, near the site where, nearly 28 years earlier, popular musician John Denver tragically died in a plane crash.
The Beech 95-B55 Baron went down Saturday over 200 yards off Point Pinos, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. Pacific Grove is located on the southern edge of Monterey Bay on California’s Central Coast.
Related video above: Multi-agency search underway after plane crashes off Pacific Grove coast
The incident evokes memories of Denver’s fatal crash in 1997, commemorated by a plaque at 1275 Ocean View Blvd., marking the area of his death.
John Denver, a country-folk singer and one of the biggest artists of the 1970s, was known for hits like “Thank God I’m a Country Boy,” “Leaving on a Jet Plane,” and “Sunshine on My Shoulders.”
An avid aviation enthusiast, Denver was flying an experimental aircraft, the Long EZ N555JD, on October 12, 1997, when he died while performing a series of touch-and-go landings at the Monterey Regional Airport.
He was the only occupant of the plane, with his cause of death being multiple blunt force traumas sustained in the crash.
Though Denver was not under the influence at the time of his death, he was not legally permitted to fly due to a previous DUI arrest.
The National Transportation Safety Board later ruled that the crash was primarily caused by Denver’s failure to switch fuel tanks during the flight.
