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Aircraft door seemed to be open to California, which fell off on January 2, which was killed 2 and 19 injured

A preliminary report by the NTSB showed that a small aircraft that was in the air on January 2 in a warehouse near Fullerton, California.

In its preliminary report on Wednesday, January 29, the NTSB published that the pilot made the doors on the “amateur-built” small plane, a Vans Aircraft RV-10, a number of modifications on the doors.
This influenced the “indicator system”, which would have informed the pilot that the door was not completely closed.

“The door locking indicator system delivered with the (aircraft production) kit consisted of four magnetic reed switches … on the accident aircraft, it was set up in each case, with both doors installed on the eight pillars of both doors, in both doors had been and on the eight pillars of both doors ,,, ”the report indicates.

“Therefore, the modified system would not have warned the pilot if the strikers had not fully used,” concludes the report.

A photo of the aircraft door, which is described in the NTSB report.

National transport security authority


The report also contained several reports from witnesses, including one who had been on the airport ramp, and said that he had noticed that the “left door of the plane was open”, shortly after the “aircraft had left the runway”.

“Then he looked up an arm and pulled the door down. At this point, the plane was far enough that it could no longer see what happened, and he assumed that the pilot could correct the situation, ”the report said.

Several witnesses who watched “all pilots” and “the plane in the last phases of the flight” said that they found that it had “flew lower” lower “and” left aggressively “. They said they were concerned that the plane could “stand” after it “had aggressively” rolled up again, and they could see the “full wing profile of the aircraft almost”.

Firefighters invite a person to an ambulance after a small plane crashed into a commercial building in Fullerton, California, on January 2, 2025.

AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes


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“The plane then rolled to the right when his nose fell and dipped towards the camp where it collided in a fireball,” says the preliminary report of the NTSB. “The witnesses all stated that they saw a white piece falling out of the plane shortly before the impact. They described the piece as panel -like and said that it “hovered” or “fluttered”. ”

The Fullerton police authority said that the two people killed in the incident “were on the plane at the time of the crash”. They were identified by the Huntington Beach High School Girls ‘Girls’ Soccer and Fahnen football as Kelly Reid and their father Pascal Reid.

Kelly Reid and Pascal Reid.

HBHS Girls Flag Football/Instagram; Pascal Reid/LinkedIn


In a tribute to Instagram, the Flag soccer team remembered Kelly as “the most loving teammate, friend and a really remarkable person who touched the life of so many with their friendliness and warmth”.

Tim Olson, an aviation enthusiast, described Pascal The Orange County Register as “hardworking” and “responsible” pilot and aircraft manufacturer.

“It is really sad to hear that it ended for him in this way,” Olson told the outlet. “I know from the back and forth that he has traveled and stored a bunch of all over the country with his plane.”

Nineteen other people were injured while working in the warehouse building into which the aircraft had crashed in the 2300 block of the Raymer Ave in Fullerton. The NTSB said that eight people were seriously injured in the crash and that 11 more minor injuries were suffered.

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