Full Notification

For Immediate Release

Contact: PIO Janeen Yates (209) 847-2231
Release Date: March 11, 2017
Case Number: OP17-758





Oakdale plane crash results in one fatality.


NEWS RELEASE

Oakdale Police Department
Media Relations
Office of the Chief of Police
245 North Second Avenue, Oakdale, CA 95361


Oakdale, CA –Oakdale Police respond to a plane crash at Oakdale Airport leaving pilot deceased.

Oakdale Police received 911 calls regarding an aircraft that had crashed and was on fire at the Oakdale Airport. Oakdale Police along with Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Department, Stanislaus Consolidated Fire and Oak Valley Ambulance responded and arrived on scene at approximately 10:29 a.m. and discovered a small single engine aircraft was fully engulfed in flames along with the pickup that it had collided with. The plane crash occurred in front of the western most hanger on the Northside of the runway.

Witnesses indicated to police there may have been engine troubles prior to landing.

The pilot was pronounced dead at the scene. The pilot’s identification is pending notification to the immediate family. The body was released to the Stanislaus County Coroner’s Office.

Oakdale Police personnel are standing by awaiting the arrival of The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) who will be conducting an investigation into the cause of the crash.