Global Courant
Two people were killed after their single-engine aircraft, a type of homebuilt craft used primarily for aerobatics, crashed in Solano County on Thursday morning.
The crash occurred at 11:45 a.m. near the Rio Vista Municipal Airport, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The airport is located northwest of Stockton and east of Napa Valley.
A spokesman for the Solano County Sheriff’s Department said both occupants of the plane were killed in the crash. The FAA identified the plane’s model as a Steen Skybolt, a homebuilt biplane primarily used for aerobatics.
Aerial footage of the crash site showed the aircraft was painted in bright primary colors with stars and stripes on the wingtips and tail.
Further details about the casualties or the plane’s route were not available. The National Transportation Safety Board is leading the accident investigation.
