{"id":456921,"date":"2026-09-08T05:34:46","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T05:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/456921\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T05:34:46","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T05:34:46","slug":"fourth-person-dies-in-california-plane-crash-that-killed-three","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/456921\/","title":{"rendered":"Fourth person dies in California plane crash that killed three"},"content":{"rendered":"

A California dad has died of his injuries just days after his wife and two youngest sons perished<\/a> in a horrific plane crash<\/a>, The Post has learned.<\/p>\n

Craig Eady, 44, of Auberry, passed away in the hospital Monday, according to the Fresno County Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n

It comes after his flight instructor wife Danna, 41, and sons Pavel, 10, and Remus, 13, died over the weekend when the aircraft went down<\/a> near Fresno.<\/p>\n

It has left their two eldest children, Lucien, 17, and Felicity, 18, orphaned.<\/p>\n

Craig & Danna Eady and their two youngest sons, Pavel, 10 (lower left) and Remus, 13, (lower right), who were tragically taken from their family in a devastating plane accident. Supportnow.org<\/p>\n

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First responders work at the scene of a plane crash on Saturday on the 7300 block of N. Blythe Ave. Fresno County Sheriff’s Office<\/p>\n

The crash happened close to Sierra Sky Park airport near the San Joaquin River just before 2 p.m. Saturday, sending emergency crews scrambling to the scene, according to the Fresno County Sheriff\u2019s Office. <\/a><\/p>\n

Firefighters, cops and sheriff\u2019s deputies arrived to find plane wreckage on a bluff near the river as flames tore across a nearby hillside. The aircraft was a fixed-wing, single-engine plane.<\/p>\n

Danna Eady and her two youngest sons, Pavel and Remus, were killed in a plane accident. LinkedIn<\/p>\n

Nick Wilcox, who owns the Soar Paso flight school in Paso Robles, said he was a dear friend to Danna. He said the family was on their way to an airshow over the weekend when the plane crashed.<\/p>\n

He added that Danna was a fellow flight instructor who had flown with him numerous times and had even taken his daughter flying.<\/p>\n

He told The Post: \u201cShe was a very special soul.\u201d<\/p>\n

A fixed-wing single-engine airplane crashed on the 7300 block of N. Blythe Ave. on Saturday in Fresno. Fresno County Sheriff’s Office<\/p>\n

At the time of the crash, Eady and her husband were rushed to a hospital in critical condition. The two sons, however, were declared deceased at the scene.<\/p>\n

What led the plane to go down remains unclear as investigators begin piecing together the crash.<\/p>\n

The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board are both involved, Botti said, with the NTSB taking the lead in determining what went wrong.<\/p>\n

A secured perimeter was thrown around the wreckage Saturday to keep people out and give crews room to work.<\/p>\n

Sheriff\u2019s deputies, Fresno firefighters and police officers respond to a plane crash on the 7300 block of N. Blythe Ave. atop the bluff of the San Joaquin River on Saturday. Fresno County Sheriff’s Office<\/p>\n

\u201cFirefighters were able to extinguish the flames and prevent them from spreading onto the properties of nearby homes,\u201d the Fresno Count Sheriff\u2019s Office\u00a0said in a statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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