{"id":334581,"date":"2026-05-27T16:27:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T16:27:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/334581\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T16:27:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T16:27:29","slug":"man-killed-in-small-plane-crash-near-woodlake-identified","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/334581\/","title":{"rendered":"Man killed in small plane crash near Woodlake identified"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities have identified the person killed after a small plane crashed in Tulare County on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Thomas Hill, 74, was killed in the crash, said Tulare County Sheriff\u2019s Office spokesperson Ashley Ritchie Schwarm. He was the pilot.<\/p>\n<p>Hill is from Apple Valley, just outside Victorville.<\/p>\n<p>The crash happened around 11 a.m. on Saturday near Road 204 and Avenue 336 in Woodlake.<\/p>\n<p>The National Transportation Safety Board said on social media that it\u2019s investigating the crash that authorities said involved a Mooney M20J airplane.<\/p>\n<p>No one else was injured in the crash.<\/p>\n<p class=\"summary gray\">This story was originally published May 26, 2026 at 10:11 AM.<\/p>\n<p>        Related Stories from  Fresno Bee<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/profile\/307508201\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1777490828_538_IMG_4053.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Nick Fenley\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/profile\/307508201\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nick Fenley<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    The Fresno Bee<\/p>\n<p>            Nick Fenley is a reporter covering education, lawsuits, breaking news and more for The Fresno Bee. He\u2019s originally from the Imperial Valley and has been with The Bee since 2025.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Authorities have identified the person killed after a small plane crashed in Tulare County on Saturday morning. Michael&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":331106,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-334581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=334581"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334581\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/331106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=334581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=334581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=334581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}