Small Plane Crashes Into San Diego Residential Street, One Home Suffers Major Damage

Last Updated:May 22, 2025, 20:03 IST

The police said it was "responding to a plane crash" and evacuated three streets, while advising the public to call authorities if coming across debris or "smell jet fuel"

Investigators look through the site of a small plane crashed into San Diego, California, on May 22. (Image: Sandy Huffaker/AFP)

A small plane crashed into a residential area of southern California in the middle of the night, smashing into houses and setting multiple cars ablaze.

Television footage showed rows of cars burned to blackened shells and at least one house suffering major destruction in the San Diego neighborhood of low-rise homes.

The Federal Aviation Authority said a Cessna 550 crashed at around 3.45 am local time. The neighbourhood is close to the Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport.

The San Diego Police Department said it was “responding to a plane crash" and evacuated three streets, while advising the public to call authorities if coming across debris or “smell jet fuel".

The Cessna airplane left a “gigantic debris field" and damaged multiple homes and parked cars, ABC News quoted the San Diego assistant fire chief as saying.

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