{"id":456767,"date":"2026-09-08T02:02:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T02:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/456767\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T02:02:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T02:02:13","slug":"2-dead-after-plane-crashes-at-montgomery-gibbs-airport-in-kearny-mesa-nbc-7-san-diego","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/456767\/","title":{"rendered":"2 dead after plane crashes at Montgomery-Gibbs Airport in Kearny Mesa \u2013 NBC 7 San Diego"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A plane became fully engulfed in flames on the runway at the Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport in Kearny Mesa, killing two people on Monday evening, the San Diego Police Department confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>The plane crash around 5:21 p.m., SDPD said.<\/p>\n<p>About 30 personnel with the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department were at the scene responding to the incident. In the meantime, the airport would be temporarily closed during emergency operations, SDFD wrote on X.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/kearny-mesa-plane-crash-5.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   alt=\"Emergency personnel respond to a plane crash at Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport on Sept. 7, 2026. (NBC 7 San Diego)\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tNBC 7 San DiegoNBC 7 San Diego<\/p>\n<p>Emergency personnel respond to a plane crash at Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport on Sept. 7, 2026. (NBC 7 San Diego)<\/p>\n<p>No other details were immediately available.<\/p>\n<p>This is a developing story and will be updated as more information arrives.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/kearny-mesa-plane-crash-3-9-7-2026.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   alt=\"A plane crashed at the Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport in Kearny Mesa on Sept. 7, 2026.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A plane crashed at the Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport in Kearny Mesa on Sept. 7, 2026.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/kearny-mesa-plane-crash-4.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   alt=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Personnel with the San Diego Fire Rescue-Department respond to a plane crash at Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport in Kearny Mesa on Sept. 7, 2026. (NBC 7 San Diego)<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Approximately 30 SDFD personnel are on scene of a small plane on fire on the runway at the Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport. The airport will be temporarily closed during emergency operations. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RFeNr9YFCf\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/RFeNr9YFCf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SDFD (@SDFD) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SDFD\/status\/2097127841242751233?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">September 8, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A plane became fully engulfed in flames on the runway at the Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport in Kearny Mesa,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":456768,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[79,74,76,75],"class_list":["post-456767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-kearny-mesa","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456767","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=456767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456767\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/456768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=456767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=456767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=456767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}