2 Dead In Solano Co. Plane Crash: Sheriff's Office

SOLANO COUNTY, CA — Two people — a father and a son — died in a plane crash this weekend near Benicia, the Solano County Sheriff's Office reported. Deputies responded at 4 a.m. Sunday to reports of the downed plane in the 2200 block of Lake Herman Road, just west of Interstate Highway 680, according to sheriff's officials.

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"Civil Air Patrol members had located the wreckage of a small single-engine Bonanza Beechcraft which had gone missing earlier in the day," sheriff's officials said. "Paramedics responded to find both the 67-year-old pilot and his 43-year-old son and co-pilot died as a result of the collision."

A spokesman with the Federal Aviation Administration confirmed there were two people aboard the plane.

"A single-engine Beechcraft BE36 crashed under unknown circumstances sometime Saturday in the vicinity of Benicia," FAA Spokesman Ian Gregor told Patch in an email Sunday night. "... The plane was flying from Buchanan Field in Concord to Arcata-Eureka Airport. The FAA and NTSB will investigate."

The plane left Saturday afternoon on its way to Arcata-Eureka Airport in McKinleyville but had not landed by Saturday night, according to Civil Air Patrol officials.

The CAP was activated Saturday night to search for the aircraft.

Upon locating the plane wreckage early Sunday, deputies stood by until the FAA arrived, the sheriff's office said.

Bay City News Service contributed to this report.