Plane From Napa Crashes Into American River In Sacramento

SACRAMENTO, CA — Two people were hospitalized Wednesday when a small plane registered out of Napa crashed into the American River in Sacramento, according to the Sacramento Fire Department and Federal Aviation Administration records.

The two-seat aircraft crashed into the river just east of Interstate 5 and Discovery Park, Sacramento FD officials said in a 12:41 p.m. Twitter post Wednesday. Two patients, a male and a female, were transported to a local trauma hospital.

The man was able to move and seek assistance after the crash, but the woman’s condition was critical at UC Davis Medical Center, according to The Sacramento Bee's coverage of the incident.

Multiple agencies responded to the scene to deal with removal of the plane from the river and the investigation of the crash, according to Sacramento Fire.

The aircraft registered at an address on Mount Veeder Road in Napa was a fixed-wing, single-engine Searey kit plane classified as experimental and amateur-built, according to FAA records.

The identities of the man and woman on the plane were not made public Wednesday.

An FAA spokesperson told Patch Thursday morning he had no additional information on the crash.

The incident is reportedly being investigated by the Sacramento County Parks ranger division.

Patch will update this post should further information become available.

Photo via Sacramento Fire Department Twitter page