Pilot Killed When Small Plane Crashes in La Jolla

Published on November 17, 2023

SAN DIEGO—The pilot of a fixed wing single-engine Cessna P210 plane died when it crashed in a La Jolla neighborhood, police said Nov. 16. The pilot radioed at 9:30 p.m. Nov. 15, he was low on fuel when communication was lost, NBC 7 said. The plane took off from a Concord airport at around 5:30 p.m. and tried to land at Montgomery Field in Kearny Mesa before continuing northwest toward La Jolla in rain and fog along the coast, the TV station said. Police discovered the plane’s wreckage on a hillside south of La Jolla Village Drive and Gilman Drive using a drone unit at around 3 a.m. Nov. 16....