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At Least 3 Dead After Small Plane Crashes Into Riverside, California Home
RIVERSIDE (CBSLA.com) – At least three people were killed and two people were hurt after a small plane smashed into a home in Riverside late Monday afternoon, sparking a three-alarm fire. According to Riverside police, the plane carrying four people crashed into the home in the 6000 block of Rhonda Road before 4:41 p.m. Riverside City firefighters arrived to find the home engulfed in flames. The crashed plane was a Cessna 310, Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor confirmed. It… (losangeles.cbslocal.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
I noticed two things in the video report; 1. the plane seemed to be pancaking in rather than a nose down stall and 2. the comment by the restaurant owner about the tail section flapping up and down when it started. Any thoughts from someone familiar with that aircraft?
WAs mentioned that with no forward cargo it was easy to go aft CG.....that gets my vote, sad in any case.
Was the gear retracted? Twins are well known to stall in climb attitude even with full power.
You gotta listen when your plane talks to you. Ignore at your own peril. RIP.
The wingtip tanks on a Cessna 310 are the main fuel tanks and are required to be selected for take off and landing. The in wing aux. tanks are not approved for take offs & landings. Ex 310 Owner
Hello Captain Spettigue
You are correct!! believe we flew together at Sierra Pacific (American Eagle) way back when.
Hope all is well !
Cordially,
Charles Michael Fiedler
You are correct!! believe we flew together at Sierra Pacific (American Eagle) way back when.
Hope all is well !
Cordially,
Charles Michael Fiedler
Small world! I do remember! Hope all is well with you! Now that I am retired, only my wife has to call me Captain - NOT! Best of luck to you! George