{"id":456995,"date":"2026-09-08T07:38:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T07:38:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/456995\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T07:38:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T07:38:21","slug":"fourth-person-dies-in-fresno-plane-crash-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/456995\/","title":{"rendered":"Fourth person dies in Fresno plane crash investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A fourth victim has died from injuries suffered in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/news\/local\/article317143996.html\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">small plane crash Saturday<\/a> in Fresno.<\/p>\n<p>Craig Eady, 41, died Monday morning, the Fresno County Sheriff\u2019s Office said Monday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Eady and his wife, Danna Eady, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/news\/local\/article317151035.html\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reedley College flight instructor<\/a>, initially survived the crash. Danna Eady also died later from her injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Their two sons were pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>The crash happened just before 2 p.m. Saturday in the 7300 block of North Blythe Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>First responders found a fixed-wing, single-engine aircraft that had crashed off the runway at Sierra Sky Park Airport and into the San Joaquin River\u2019s river-bottom area.<\/p>\n<p>Sheriff\u2019s spokesperson Tony Botti said the plane appeared to have been departing Sky Park. He said the full findings likely will not be released for up to a year.<\/p>\n<p>The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the crash.<\/p>\n<p>        Related Stories from  Fresno Bee<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/profile\/218450935\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1788853101_558_Anthony Galaviz headshot.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Anthony Galaviz\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/profile\/218450935\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Anthony Galaviz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    The Fresno Bee<\/p>\n<p>            Anthony Galaviz writes about breaking news\/sports for The Fresno Bee. He covers the Las Vegas Raiders, high schools, boxing, MMA and junior colleges. He\u2019s been with The Bee since 1997 and attended Fresno City College before graduating from Fresno State with a major in journalism and a minor in criminology.\u00a0<br \/>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/fresnobee.com\/subscribe&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;\" style=\"color: #5169B8; text-transform: none;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Support my work with a digital subscription<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A fourth victim has died from injuries suffered in a small plane crash Saturday in Fresno. Craig Eady,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":456996,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-456995","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\/456995","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=456995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456995\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/456996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=456995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=456995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=456995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}