{"id":17614,"date":"2025-10-22T10:56:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T10:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/17614\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T10:56:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T10:56:13","slug":"california-woman-struck-by-small-plane-during-crash-at-long-beach-park-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/17614\/","title":{"rendered":"California woman struck by small plane during crash at Long Beach park"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/west\/california\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">California woman<\/a> was struck by a small airplane that crashed in a Long Beach park during an attempted emergency landing on Tuesday, according to officials.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">The emergency landing attempt took place around 4 p.m. on a soccer field at Heartwell Park, the Long Beach Fire Department said on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When units arrived, they found one small aircraft on its belly with broken landing gears. The plane\u2019s fuselage was intact. When the plane landed, it collided with a pedestrian in the park,&#8221; the department wrote.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/noticias.foxnews.com\/us\/tragedy-averted-atlanta-airport-police-arrest-man-ar-15-allegedly-threatening-shoot-up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">&#8216;TRAGEDY AVERTED&#8217; AT ATLANTA AIRPORT AS POLICE ARREST MAN WITH AR-15 ALLEGEDLY THREATENING TO &#8216;SHOOT IT UP&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1761130573_583_close-up-california-plane-crash.jpg\" alt=\"Small aircraft crash landed on California soccer field\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>A woman was struck by a small aircraft on Tuesday when it crash-landed on a California soccer field. (Eric Quintanar\/Fox News Digital)<\/p>\n<p>First responders helped remove the pilot, described as an elderly man, from the aircraft.<\/p>\n<p>The pilot and the woman, who is in her 40s, were transported to a hospital in moderate but stable condition.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/noticias.foxnews.com\/us\/girl-who-fell-from-disney-cruise-ship-allegedly-encouraged-mom-take-photo-open-porthole-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">GIRL WHO FELL FROM DISNEY CRUISE SHIP WAS ALLEGEDLY ENCOURAGED BY MOM TO TAKE PHOTO IN OPEN PORTHOLE: REPORT<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1761130573_457_small-plane-crash-california-soccer-field.jpg\" alt=\"Small plane crashed into soccer field\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>First responders helped rescue the pilot from the aircraft. (Eric Quintanar\/Fox News Digital)<\/p>\n<p>Preliminary information indicates the plane was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">headed back to Compton<\/a> after a stop in French Valley when it went down, the fire department said.<\/p>\n<p>The pilot of the &#8220;possibly experimental aircraft&#8221; may have been attempting to make it to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/travel\/general\/airports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Long Beach Airport<\/a> for an emergency landing, about a mile and a half from where the plane crashed, KTLA reported.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1761130573_206_broken-plane-pieces-california-field.jpg\" alt=\"Broken plane pieces spread out on soccer field\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Both the pilot and the woman were taken to the hospital in moderate condition. (Eric Quintanar\/Fox News Digital)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/download\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The cause of the crash remains under investigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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