1 Killed In Plane Crash Near Buchanan Field Airport In Concord

CONCORD, CA – A plane that crashed near Buchanan Field Airport in Concord this morning, killing the person on board, had taken off from the airport shortly before the crash, a Federal Aviation Administration spokesman said.

The single-engine Cessna 152 plane had departed from Buchanan Field around 10:30 a.m., FAA spokesman Ian Gregor said.

It then crashed nearby on federally owned land at Military Ocean Terminal Concord. Gregor initially said two people were on board but later clarified that only one person was on the plane.

Contra Costa County Fire Protection District Marshal Robert Marshall said federal firefighters at the military base called the county coroner's office about a fatality related to the crash. No other information about the victim was immediately available.

The FAA and National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the plane crash, Gregor said.

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A fatal plane crash was reported this morning near Buchanan Field Airport in the Concord/Clyde area, a Federal Aviation Administration spokesman said.

Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor initially said two people were aboard but later clarified only one person was on the plane, a single-engine Cessna 152 that crashed on federally owned land at
Military Ocean Terminal Concord.

Contra Costa County Fire Protection District Marshal Robert Marshall said federal firefighters at the military base called the county coroner's office about a fatality related to the crash. No other information about the victim was immediately available.

The FAA and National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the plane crash, Gregor said.

Contra Costa County Fire wrote on Twitter shortly before 11:30 a.m. about the crash.

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