Small plane crashes in vineyard west of Selma; no initial word on how many on board
A small private plane crashed Monday in rural Fresno County.
The California Highway Patrol responded to the incident before 2:30 p.m. west of Selma on Cedar Avenue.
An ambulance was not requested, but Cal Fire was called out for a fuel leak.
A pilot was the only person on the plane when it lost power at an altitude of 4,000 feet. He was headed to the Selma airport. The plane overturned when it clipped vines as he tried to land the craft, a sheriff’s spokesman said.
The plane was a Vans RV-6, the FAA said.
Fresno man crashed landed his plane into a raisin grape field just after leaving Chandler airport more on @ABC30 at 4 pic.twitter.com/P6B9ylFZsP
— Tom (@photogtom) October 30, 2017
This story was originally published October 30, 2017 at 3:30 PM with the headline "Small plane crashes in vineyard west of Selma; no initial word on how many on board."