Bad weather and broken airport gear likely caused the plane crash that killed six people last month in San Diego. The runway lights that help pilots land safely had been broken since March 2022 at Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport. Pilots should have known about the problem because aviation officials sent out warnings about the faulty equipment.
The deadly crash happened on May 22 when visibility was only half a mile and clouds hung just 200 feet above the ground. Devil Wears Prada drummer Daniel Williams died in the accident along with music agent Dave Shapiro who was flying the plane. The small jet only needed one pilot to operate it safely.
Eight people on the ground got hurt when the twin-engine aircraft went down near military housing. More than 20 cars also got damaged from the crash and debris. The plane was flying much lower than it should have been at about 1,190 feet when it was still three miles from the airport.
The aircraft first hit power lines when it was between 90 and 95 feet off the ground. Most of the wreckage landed 200 feet from where it struck the wires. Pieces of the plane scattered across more than one mile of area around the crash site according to safety investigators.
The deadly crash happened on May 22 when visibility was only half a mile and clouds hung just 200 feet above the ground. Devil Wears Prada drummer Daniel Williams died in the accident along with music agent Dave Shapiro who was flying the plane. The small jet only needed one pilot to operate it safely.
Eight people on the ground got hurt when the twin-engine aircraft went down near military housing. More than 20 cars also got damaged from the crash and debris. The plane was flying much lower than it should have been at about 1,190 feet when it was still three miles from the airport.
The aircraft first hit power lines when it was between 90 and 95 feet off the ground. Most of the wreckage landed 200 feet from where it struck the wires. Pieces of the plane scattered across more than one mile of area around the crash site according to safety investigators.
