TRUCKEE, Calif. — One person was killed and another critically injured after a small plane crashed in Martis Valley near Truckee, Calif. on Tuesday morning.
According to Laura Brown, with the Truckee Fire Protection District, the small plane was downed in an open area behind a neighborhood. Truckee Tahoe Airport said in a Facebook post that the airplane landed in a field nose-down and no homes were threatened by the crash.
One of the pilots died at the scene and the other was transported by EMS helicopter to Renown Regional Medical Center in Reno, Nevada, according to a post from the Truckee Tahoe Airport. They are stable.
The plane was a Cirrus SR20, which went down shortly after takeoff from Truckee Tahoe Airport at around 10:46 a.m., according to a post from the airport. Though there was no fire reported, there was fuel leaking from the aircraft, which has been stopped.
Brown said that it is not known at this time where the plane was headed, and the cause of the plane crash is still under investigation.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) arrived about two hours after the crash to begin an investigation and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has been notified. They are still working on determining the cause of the crash.
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