A small plane crashed near the Pacoima and Van Nuys neighborhood of Los Angeles’ San Fernando Valley region on Monday afternoon. The airplane went down in the parking lot of a store, pulling down power wires, and immediately erupting into flames after the plane crash.
NBC 7 Los Angeles reported that the aircraft was a 2007 Cessna 172S Skyhawk. The pilot inside the plane was rescued with injuries but spoke to first responders and is believed to be stable.
Here’s a video of the incident shared on the Citizen app:
The NBC report noted that the aircraft was registered to a local flight school.
The store in question belongs to O’Reilly Auto Parts on the intersection of Ralston Avenue and Van Nuys Boulevard. But the crashed airplane did not hit any cars, the Los Angeles Fire Department confirmed.
Here’s another video of the crash shared by KTLA:
Pacoima is a neighborhood in the northeastern San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles.
This story is being updated.
