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<\/p>\nFRESNO, Calif. \u2013 All passengers in a small airplane that crashed down into a neighborhood Saturday have died, according to the Fresno County Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n
Police and fire crews responded to the 7300 block of North Blythe Avenue in northwest Fresno on Saturday just before 2 p.m. after a fixed wing single-engine airplane crashed down.<\/p>\n
The aircraft was on fire on the bluff of the San Joaquin River when crews arrived.<\/p>\n
Crews quickly extinguished the fire, which risked spreading to nearby homes that surround the Sierra Sky Park Airport.<\/p>\n
Authorities said two children died immediately at the scene, and a man and a woman were taken to the hospital with critical injuries. <\/p>\n
The woman died at the hospital shortly after, and the sheriff\u2019s office said Monday in an update that the man also died from his injuries.<\/p>\n
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Fresno County Sheriff’s Office<\/p>\n
Investigators search the scene of an airplane crash that happened Saturday, Sept. 5, 2026, in north Fresno.<\/p>\n
The woman was identified as 41-year-old Danna Eady, from Auberry. The man was identified as Craig Eady, 44, also of Auberry.<\/p>\n
The Eadys were married, according to a fundraiser set up by friends and family members<\/a>. The fundraiser was set up before Craig Eady died.<\/p>\n The couple had two older children who were not in the aircraft.<\/p>\n According to news reports, Danna Eady was a flight instructor and a professor at Reedley College<\/a>. The college canceled all flight science classes for Tuesday following Eady\u2019s death.<\/p>\n