{"id":390005,"date":"2026-09-04T05:20:31","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T05:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/390005\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T05:20:31","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T05:20:31","slug":"death-investigation-underway-following-plane-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/390005\/","title":{"rendered":"Death Investigation Underway Following Plane Crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/img_0426.jpg\" alt=\"Death Investigation Underway Following Plane Crash\" class=\"pr-3 pb-3\" aria-label=\"Death Investigation Underway Following Plane Crash\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"isPasted\">The Hillsborough County Sheriff&#8217;s Office is conducting a death investigation following a fatal plane crash.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On September 3, 2026, at 8:17 a.m., HCSO&#8217;s 911 dispatch center received a call about a plane crash off of U.S. Highway 301 and Maislin Drive. Deputies arrived minutes later and found the plane on fire in a wooded area. Hillsborough County Fire Rescue arrived and extinguished the fire.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Two bodies were found inside the plane. The pilot has been identified as David Siambanes, 59, and the passenger as Dawn Stone, 53. Next of kin has been notified.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is a tragic loss, and our hearts go out to the loved ones of both victims. We appreciate the work of the first responders who arrived on scene quickly,&#8221;\u00a0said Sheriff Chad Chronister.\u00a0&#8220;We will continue working closely with our federal partners as this investigation moves forward.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>NTSB and the FAA are handling the plane crash investigation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This is an active investigation. The Public Affairs Office will provide any updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Hillsborough County Sheriff&#8217;s Office is conducting a death investigation following a fatal plane crash.\u00a0 \u00a0 On September&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":390006,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-390005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=390005"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390005\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/390006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=390005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=390005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=390005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}