A National Transportation Safety Board investigator said both the runway lights and an automated weather-notification system at the destination airport were inoperable when the Cessna 550 plowed into the Murphy Canyon neighborhood at about 3:45 a.

A small private plane has crashed in a San Diego neighborhood, sparking fires in at least 15 homes, authorities said.

A small Cessna aircraft crashed in a San Diego military neighborhood Thursday morning setting several homes and vehicles on fire with multiple deaths reported.

A small plane crashed into a San Diego neighborhood, setting about 15 homes on fire as well as vehicles, and forcing evacuations along several blocks.

The San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport was scheduled to reopen at 5 p.m. Friday night after a plane crash and fire closed the runway for nearly 8 hours. The announcement came in a news release Friday afternoon.

Investigators believe both fatalities were people on the plane and that no one aboard survived. Fire crews are still battling to put out vehicle blazes at the scene of the crash. The smell of jet ...