Palo Alto Plane Crash: Man Killed; 2 Women Injured

PALO ALTO, CA – One man was killed and two women suffered serious injuries this morning when a single-engine airplane crashed offshore from Palo Alto Airport, according to the Palo Alto Fire Department.

The plane, a Mooney M20, went into a wetlands area called the Baylands Nature Preserve near the airport at about 11:10 a.m., Palo Alto Deputy Fire Chief Geo Blackshire said. The plane settled in a few feet of water, the wings above the water.

Early indications are that the pilot was coming in from Redding and was executing a "go-around" at the Palo Alto Airport, Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor said. That is an indication that an
attempted landing was aborted and that the pilot was circling to try again to land.

Blackshire described one woman as "walking wounded." The other had to be pulled from the aircraft, he said. Both women were taken to Stanford Hospital for treatment, fire officials said.

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

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One person was killed and two others injured this morning when a small aircraft crashed in Baylands Nature Preserve near the Palo Alto airport, officials said.

Fire and rescue crews responded at shortly after 11 a.m. to the Baylands accident scene, which was 40 feet offshore from the airport, according to the Palo Alto Fire Department.

The Palo Alto Fire Department reported on social media that, by 11:30 a.m., two of the plane's occupants had gotten out of the plane, and that a third was still in the plane.

One individual was pronounced deceased, and the other two victims were being transferred to Stanford Trauma Center, the department said.

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