Plane crashes into homes in California (VIDEOS)
A small aircraft crashed into two homes in Simi Valley, California on Saturday, killing the pilot, officials have said.
According to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the single-engine Van’s Aircraft RV-10 took off from General William J. Fox Airfield in Lancaster, north of Los Angeles, and was en route to Camarillo Airport in Ventura County.
The Ventura County Fire Department said people were inside both homes at the time of the crash but evacuated without injuries. The identity of the pilot has not been made public.
A witness told RMG News that he saw the plane “flying very low and erratic” shortly before the crash.
#meadowincident; VCFD is on scene of a small, single engine fixed-wing aircraft that crashed into two structures in the 200 block of High Meadow Street in the Wood Ranch area of Simi valley. The structures are both two-story, single-family homes that were impacted by fire and… pic.twitter.com/W4L18G1dbj
— VCFD PIO (@VCFD_PIO) May 3, 2025
The US has experienced a string of deadly aviation incidents in recent months. In late January, an American Airlines plane collided with a US Army helicopter over the Potomac River in Washington, DC, killing a total of 67 people in both aircraft. Several days later, a medical plane crashed in Philadelphia, claiming the lives of all six people on board as well as one person on the ground.
