Federal investigators were responding Monday to a single-engine airplane crash that killed two people 10 miles north of Redlands in San Bernardino County, authorities said.
The Yakovlev YAK-52 aircraft crashed about 12:50 p.m. in a wash after taking off from Redlands Airport, according to preliminary information released by the Federal Aviation Administration.
A man and a woman on board were killed, the FAA said. Their names were not released.
The Yakovlev was originally designed as a Soviet trainer and acrobatic aircraft. The pilot had intended to return to Redlands Airport, authorities said.
Investigators with the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board were heading to the crash site Monday afternoon.
The plane was owned by a Riverside man, according to FAA registration records.
— Robert J. Lopez