The small plane that crashed into a neighborhood in San Diego, California, Thursday, killing at least two people, appears to have begun its doomed journey in New Jersey, officials and flight tracking data say.
No one on the ground was injured when the Cessna 550 crashed into Murphy Canyon, the U.S. military's largest housing neighborhood, just before 7 a.m. It appeared to strike at least one home that had a charred and collapsed roof and smashed through half a dozen vehicles. About 10 homes suffered damage, and 100 people were displaced as a result.
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SIGN UP San Diego officials have said only that the flight was incoming from the Midwest. FlightAware lists a Cessna Citation II jet that was supposed to arrive at San Diego's Montgomery-Gibbs Executive airport just before 8 a.m., en route from Witchita. Airport officials said it had only paused for a quick fueling stop.
FlightAware indicates that the flight originated from Teterboro Airport in New Jersey. The airport is about six miles from Manhattan and is frequently used by private and corporate jets.
The plane was registered to Daviation LLC, a company owned by David Michael Shapiro, who is an FAA-registered pilot with addresses in Alaska and San Diego, as well as at least one office related to the music business in New York.
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The Federal Aviation Administration says the National Transportation Safety Board will lead the investigation. The NTSB said there were no current theories as to what may have caused the crash.
