{"id":473472,"date":"2026-09-23T21:40:34","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T21:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/473472\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T21:40:34","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T21:40:34","slug":"rescued-pilot-flown-to-fresno-following-jet-crash-into-ocean-near-morro-bay-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/473472\/","title":{"rendered":"Rescued pilot flown to Fresno following jet crash into ocean near Morro Bay"},"content":{"rendered":"

FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 A military training fighter jet crashed into the waters off Morro Bay on Tuesday night, prompting a rescue that brought the pilot to a Fresno hospital.<\/p>\n

The aircraft, identified as a Hawker Hunter MK-58 with the pilot call sign Snake4, took off from Point Mugu Naval Air Station and went down at 6:49 p.m. <\/p>\n

The U.S. Coast Guard said the crash occurred roughly six miles northwest of Morro Bay.<\/p>\n

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The flight path of the MK-58 Hawker Hunter that crashed near Morro Bay, California, on September 22, 2026. (Photo: flightradar24.com)<\/p>\n

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The Coast Guard said the pilot was rescued by a Naval Air Station Lemoore UH-60 search-and-rescue helicopter with a rescue swimmer on board. <\/p>\n

The pilot was then flown to Fresno\u2019s Community Hospital in downtown Fresno, with the helicopter touching down about 8:20 p.m.<\/p>\n

Before the jet hit the water, the pilot radioed a Mayday reporting a complete loss of engine thrust and ejected, according to the information provided.<\/p>\n

The aircraft is owned by Airborne Tactical Advantage Company (ATAC), which plays an aggressor role at a variety of locations, including Point Mugu.<\/p>\n

ATAC said its pilot, a retired military member, is in good condition at CRMC and is staying at the hospital so a few more tests can be run.<\/p>\n

They also said it’s unknown how deep the water is where the plane went down, so it’s unknown what will happen to it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 A military training fighter jet crashed into the waters off Morro Bay on Tuesday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":473473,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-473472","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\/473472","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=473472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473472\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/473473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=473472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=473472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=473472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}