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The Cessna 310
crashed at about 4:30 p.m. (0030 GMT Tuesday) shortly after
take-off from Riverside Municipal Airport, 60 miles (100 km)
east of Los Angeles.
The pilot and two passengers died. The two survivors, both
women, were found inside the ruined house in critical condition,
Riverside Fire Chief Michael Moore said. The house was
unoccupied.
TV images of the scene showed firefighters spraying water on
several houses ablaze and covering what appeared to be a body
with a sheet. At least five families were forced to leave their
homes, a local Red Cross official said.
The passengers were from San Jose in Northern California and in
the area for a cheerleading event at Disneyland, Moore said.
FAA spokesman Ian Gregor said the plane crashed "under unknown
circumstances" shortly after taking off from the airport, bound
for San Jose. The incident will be investigated by the FAA and
National Transportation Safety Board, he said.
(Reporting by Dan Whitcomb in Los Angeles and Brendan O'Brien in
Milwaukee; Editing by Robin Pomeroy)
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