UPDATE WITH PRESS RELEASE - Two people suffered MINOR injury after a small plane crashed into a ravine off of Indian Truck Trail, southeast of Soboba Road

Press Release: Air Emergency Agency: Hemet Sheriff Station Area: Hemet Written Date: November 10, 2016 Time: 3:35 PM Incident Date: November 10, 2016 Time: 10:41 AM Incident Location: Soboba Road, Soboba Indian Reservation, San Jacinto, CA. Reporting Officer: Sergeant Santiago Agcaoili File Number(s): D163150034 Details: On Thursday, November 10, 2016, at approximately 10:41 A.M., deputies and emergency personnel responded to a riverbed near Soboba Road, Soboba Indian Reservation, San Jacinto, reference an air emergency.  A small plane occupied by two male residents of Idyllwild, experienced a fuel issue that caused the plane to crash.  Both occupants were extricated by emergency personnel and were transported to a hospital for non-life-threatening injuries. The FFA and NTSB were also notified. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the Hemet Sheriff’s Station at 951-791-3400 or the Riverside County Sheriff’s Dispatch Center (1-800-950-2444), or email the Hemet Station athemetstation@riversidesheriff.org.

WRITTEN BY TREVOR MONTGOMERY 

Riversidecountynewssource.org 

SOBOBA – At least two people were injured after a small plane crashed into a ravine off of Indian Truck Trail, southeast of Soboba Road Thursday morning, Nov. 10. The plane came to rest upside down at the end of a residence east of the Soboba Sports Complex, where Soboba Road comes to a dead-end at the dirt extension of Indian Creek Road.

The air emergency was reported to emergency dispatchers at 10:44 a.m. By 11:30 a.m., firefighters and other emergency first responders had extricated two victims from the wrecked aircraft and they were being transported by ground ambulances to local area hospitals. No information regarding the victim’s medical status had been provided.

The plane, described as a white and red, single-engine Grumman AA1, reportedly ran out of gas and attempted to make an emergency landing on or near the reservation, according to a CHP incident log. While landing, the plane flipped over and came to rest on it’s roof.

At least two occupants were inside the plane when it went down. It was not immediately known if there were additional occupants inside the plane.

Riverside Sheriff’s Aviation Unit “Star 9” responded to the area to guide rescuers in to the location the plane had come to rest, which was described as “rugged and inaccessible.”

Hemet/Ryan AirOps are en route to assist with the air emergency and crash investigation.

Federal Aviation Administration investigators have been notified and are also en route to the location to conduct a crash investigation.

It was not immediately known where the plane had departed from or where it was traveling to.

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