Sep 24, 2026
A flight instructor and student pilot died following a fiery plane crash at San Diego's Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport on September 7. Frederic Carl Hewett and Roger Shimizu were conducting an instructional flight when their Cessna 172N stalled and nosed over during its ninth landing attempt. Pr eliminary reports from the NTSB indicate the aircraft struck the runway before catching fire. Investigations by federal and local authorities into the cause of the crash remain ongoing. ...read more read less
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