Cessna 310 Crash in Riverside, California

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It appears the plane crashed into a neighborhood shortly after takeoff from Riverside Municipal Airport. Possible registration N1246G, a 1974 Cessna 310Q based in San Jose, CA.

Small plane headed to San Jose crashes into Riverside homes

By Julie Tainter, KRON

Published: February 27, 2017, 5:14 pm Updated: February 27, 2017, 8:21 pm

RIVERSIDE (KRON) — A small plane has crashed into two homes in Riverside killing at least four people and injuring two.

Four bodies were found in the wreckage, according to fire officials,

The occupants of the plane, a husband, wife and three teenagers, were returning to San Jose after attending a cheer leading conference at Disneyland over the weekend.

One of the passengers, a teenage girl, was ejected from the plane and suffered only minor injuries, fire officials said.

She was able to tell firefighters about what happened as she was transported to the hospital, officials said.

Two other people were pulled from one of the homes, officials said.

One unconscious victim from a home was taken into surgery.

The Cessna 310 crashed shortly after taking off from Riverside Municipal Airport.

KRON4 has confirmed that the owner of the plane was Nouri Hijazi from San Jose.

The plane was a Cessna 310 twin engine made in 1974 with the tail number 1246G.

One witness said the plane made a northbound turn just before it crashed.

“As soon as it turned, it almost stalled…it just turned and went straight toward the ground. It looked like they tried to pull out of it, but it was too late.”

There was minor damage to some surrounding homes.

Residents in homes nearby were evacuated.

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https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=193867

R.I.P.

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From an untrained observer (via LA TIMES): was second attempt at takeoff, and it looked like "the tail was bouncing off the ground."

Failure to accelerate; early rotation?

Other points:

5 on board (three "teens", 2 adult) plus fuel for 300 nm + reserve. Useful load about 2100 lbs for the T310Q.

How does all that stack up?

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[QUOTE]83-year-old in California plane crash was passionate pilot

March 2, 2017

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) -- The 83-year-old man at the controls of a plane that crashed into two Southern California homes had loved to fly and had taken to the skies for many years, family members said.


Nouri Hijazi had flown a group of five that included his wife and daughter from their home in San Jose to watch his granddaughter's cheerleading competition at the Disneyland Resort, but just after takeoff on the return trip his small Cessna hit the houses in residential Riverside, killing him, his 67-year-old wife Dana Hijazi and 22-year-old family friend Adine Farelas, authorities and family members said.

There were no immediate indications of what caused the crash.

"He was an extremely experienced pilot, which was his hobby, his passion," Christy Crown, sister-in-law of the Hijazis' daughter Stacey Pierce, said in a statement Wednesday.

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Dana Hijazi, the pilot's wife, was a pilot herself and a native of Poland. /QUOTE]

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Also appears, from the full AP story, that the two other passengers were adult females, not teens. (Hence five adults on plane, not 2 adults and 3 teens.)

One pax reportedly is in 'stable condition' after surgery; while the second sustained "severe" injuries.

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Thanks - increases the passenger weight even more.

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They were not but for the sake of argument assume everybody was 200lbs.
so that's 1000lbs.
Fuel burn 15 gallons/hr per engine so 30g/hr.
3 hrs fuel rounded up to 100 gallons weights 700lbs.
So give or take 400 lbs below max.
What concerns me more is an 83 year old pilot.