By KAREN VELIE Exclusive: The two men identified in a plane crash in the backcountry of Santa Barbara have been identified as a San Diego pilot and a businessman, both of whom have questionable backgrounds. The pilot, David Keith Martz, 58,... (Continue reading)
A second person died in a Thursday night plane crash in a remote area of Santa Barbara County. The plane reportedly took off from an airport in San Luis Obispo County en route to San Diego. Authorities found the body... (Continue reading)
The pilot of a small plane that reportedly took off in San Luis Obispo died in a crash in a remote area of Santa Barbara County Thursday night. Authorities have yet to determine the identity of the pilot. Responders were... (Continue reading)
A small plane that reportedly departed from San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport crashed late Thursday night in Santa Barbara County. [KSBY] At least one person was on the Cessna 182 when it crashed, authorities say. It is not yet... (Continue reading)
A small plane crash-landed into a strawberry field in Orcutt on Saturday afternoon. Shortly before noon, a man attempted to land the Piper Cherokee Arrow in a field near Clark Avenue and Highway 101 after experiencing mechanical failure. A father,... (Continue reading)
A plane headed to San Luis Obispo crashed Friday while trying to make an emergency landing on Highway 166. Shortly after 10:30 a.m., the pilot radioed the San Luis Obispo airport to report the plane was having engine trouble. Emergency... (Continue reading)
A small plane crashed in Northern California over the weekend, apparently killing the two people on board. [Mercury News] The Cessna 140 aircraft took off from an airport near Hollister Saturday afternoon but failed to reach its destination. That evening... (Continue reading)
The two men piloting a test spaceflight that crashed in the Mojave Desert on Friday are Cal Poly alums who graduated from the university’s aerospace engineering program. [KSBY] Michael Alsbury, 39, and Peter Siebold, 43, were flying the Virgin Galactic... (Continue reading)
Two Paso Robles men died Saturday morning when the single engine plane they had just taken off in crashed near Vineyard Drive. John Warren, 66, was piloting the plane belonging to his passenger Robert Berg, 82. They were the only... (Continue reading)
A single engine plane crashed Saturday morning near Vineyard and Fair Hills roads in the Paso Robles area killing two men, according to Cal Fire. Shortly after 10 a.m., the plane took off from a private air strip at a... (Continue reading)