One Killed When Plane Slams Into Hillside in LA Neighborhood

One Killed When Plane Slams Into Hillside in LA Neighborhood
National Transportation Safety Board investigators inspect a downed plane on a steep hill above a home on Beverly Glen Circle in Los Angeles on April 30, 2023. Damian Dovarganes/AP Photo
The Associated Press
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LOS ANGELES—One person was killed when a single-engine plane slammed into a grassy hillside above homes in a Los Angeles neighborhood amid dense fog, authorities said.

The Cessna C172 crashed around 8:45 p.m. Saturday on the city’s west side, about 8 miles southeast of Van Nuys Airport, the Los Angeles Fire Department and Federal Aviation Administration said.