Small Plane Crash off Ranchos Palos Verdes Investigated

The view of the Pacific from Trump National Drive, which leads to the golf course, in February 2023. Google Maps/Screenshot via California Insider

The investigation continued April 15 into the crash of a small airplane in the ocean off Rancho Palos Verdes.

The crash was reported about 5:30 p.m. Sunday, roughly 200 yards offshore near the Trump National Golf Club, according to a sergeant at the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Lomita Station.