An airplane crashed at the Angwin Airport this afternoon, a Napa County sheriff’s official said. Deputies responded to a report of an accident involving a plane at Angwin Airport located at 1 Angwin Ave. shortly before 1 p.m., Napa County sheriff’s acting Sgt. David Ackman said.
A 1951 single prop Beechcraft plane carrying an 82-year-old man had overshot the runway and crashed into a barbed wire fence, according to Ackman.
The man was the only person inside the plane and was not injured in the accident, Ackman said.
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The airport houses the aviation program at Pacific Union College. Ackman said the National Transportation Safety Board has been called to investigate the incident.
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