F/A-18 Hornet crash in San Diego neighborhood kills 4 - Plane Crash Sites on Waymarking.com

A military fighter jet preparing to land at a Marine base crashed in a densely populated San Diego neighborhood, around noon, killing four people - a man's two young children, his wife, and his mother-in-law - on the ground and destroying two houses. The pilot, who ended up hanging by his parachute from a tree in a canyon beneath the neighborhood, was in stable condition at a naval hospital in San Diego. Smoke rising from the wreckage was toxic and evacuated about 20 homes. By Monday night, only six homes remained evacuated because they were uninhabitable. There was little sign of the plane in the smoking ruins, but a piece of cockpit sat on the roof of one home, and a charred jet engine lay on a street near a parked camper. A parachute was visible in the canyon below a row of houses. The neighborhood in the University City section of San Diego smelled of jet fuel and smoke. Ambulances, fire trucks and police cars choked the streets. A Marine Corps bomb disposal truck was there, although police assured residents there was no ordnance aboard the jet. The crash was near University City High School, where students were kept locked in classrooms after the crash. Barbara Prince, a school secretary, said there was no damage to the campus and no one was injured. A USMC investigation concluded that poor maintenance caused engine malfunction.

Date of Crash: 12/08/2008 Aircraft Model: F/A-18 Hornet Military or Civilian: Military Cause of Crash: Both engines failed Web Address for Related Web Sites: Not listed Tail Number: Not listed

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