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San Diego aircraft crash: Who belonged to Cessna 550 aircraft that went down in Murphy Canyon?

May 22, 2025 11:16 p.m.

Cessna 550 private aircraft, which belongs to David Shapiro, crashed into San Diego's Murphy Canyon on Thursday

A private aircraft from Cessna 550 fell against military apartments early Thursday in Murphy Canyon in San Diego and killed several people on board. The plane was registered in an LLC based in Alaska called Daviator LLC, in which CBS 8 reported, citing recordings. The outlet added that there was a tail number N666DS.

Emergency staff work in the crash scene in a street after a small civil aircraft was traveling in a military district in San Diego (Reuters)

According to records, David Shapiro, who lives in El Cajon and is 42 years old. The plane could hold eight to ten people, but it is not yet known how many were on the plane, said Dan Eddy, deputy fire chief of San Diego.

The officials confirmed that the aircraft plunged into the largest residential area of ​​the US military in the US military shortly before 4 a.m. Videos from the scene showed that at least one home had hit it. About 10 houses suffered damage.

It is unclear whether David Shapiro was on the plane. The CBS 8 report quoted FAA notes to add that the 42-year-old has been a license in Alaska since 2010. San Diego Fire-Rescue said that several injuries were reported, but no one who lived in the area was taken to the hospital.

Flight tracking website lists a Cessna Citation II Jet, which arrives at 3:47 a.m. from Little Supreme James Jabara in Wichita, Kansas, at Montgomery-GibBS Airport in San Diego. Officials at Kansas Airport stated that they stopped at Wichita in Wichita. According to flightsware, Teterboro, New Jersey, was created on Wednesday evening.

“I cannot give words to describe what the scene looks like, but with the jet tritle that goes down the street, and everything at once, it was quite terrible to see,” said Scott Wahl, police chief of San Diego.

The Federal Aviation Administration said the National Transportation Safety Board would lead the investigation.

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