Of course we wanna get you caught up
on the breaking news we brought you.
And there it is, a live look right now
there's Chopper 8 showing you this plane
that went down in the Carlsbad area,
literally right in the surf as
the waves are crashing on it.
It's there on the sand.
We got reports of this initially
about an hour ago.
For reference on where this is,
it's right by those campgrounds.
Carlsbad State Beach,
South Ponto Beach and Ponto Rd.
I should say.
And Carlsbad Blvd.
And so please avoid that.
Area
yeah, this plane went down about an hour ago.
Carlsbad Fire Department got a
call about this crash and you
see it right there on the beach.
It appears to be a black single engine plane.
You can see some onlookers there at the top,
maybe some. Some of those folks are
with the Fire and Rescue as well.
Unknown any injuries right now.
The good news is as the chopper rates
getting over this, this bluff here,
it looked to be mostly intact.
Maybe one of the wings was impacted by this.
We have a ground crew on the way as
well to try to figure out what may
have led up to this, the condition
of any of the passengers on there.
There's the plane there.
On the bottom left of your screen you can
see the what appears to be the left wing.
Looks like it was clipped quite a bit,
but mostly intact as you see it
right there on the Surfline.
Yeah, we've been talking about the high
surf and high tide and all of that.
Usually I used to live right near there.
We'd go down to that beach often.
It's pretty rocky right there,
but you usually see more beach space.
Not the case right now
with the way the surf is.
So of course we're concerned
about the people in that,
maybe one or more people in this plane and
I can tell you McClellan Palomar Airport,
not too far from there,
just to the east there in Carlsbad.
So that airport may or may not have been what
where this plane was leaving or headed to.
Obviously this right now is way too early
for us to tell more details on that.
But you can see the plane,
it's a small one,
can't tell at this angle how many people.
Possibly would fit in a plane like that,
but of course it's the people that
were concerned about most making sure
everyone got out of there safely.
But yeah,
you see the the wing right there
clipped basically in half it
looks like on one side,
propeller in the front.
There we have again a crew on the
way there to see what is going on.
Hopefully everyone's OK that was
in that plane, not too far really
from from the Interstate either,
and these campgrounds.
So if this pilot was able to navigate
around that and safely land on the beach.
Props to them because there's, you know,
people living in those, in those,
those campers that you see now on the
top left of your screen and again,
not too far away from the
Interstate and other roads.
Yeah, that Carlsbad State Beach
Campground is a very popular one.
Obviously, you see the ocean view.
Many people stay there for camping,
for leisure and that beach
is also popular for surfing.
So, you know, right now obviously you can
see the surf crashing right into that plane.
I mean to see this happening
right here along that Cliff.
Side there obviously things could
have been worse if other people
were involved or if it had hit
possibly near that campground.
Pointsettia Lane is the closest larger Rd.
next to this Poinsettia and the
five you may be familiar with.
And it's just S it looks like a
pointsettia lane that's literally
right where I used to live.
And there's a grocery store,
big shopping center actually across
the street from Carlsbad Blvd.
there.
So you can imagine there were a
few witnesses that may have seen
this happen again about 7:40.
Is when that initial call came
in from Carlsbad Fire Department
and obviously the fire department
there there's the waves kind
of taking that plane now
moving around because that high surf.
I just pulled up the map for McClellan
Palomar Airport and it looks like
it's just about 2 miles east of here.
Not sure if that's where
the plane took off from,
but now you're right the the high surf
now starting to spin things around there
as the onlookers are looking at this
plane here we can see you know the the
identification number of the plane.
There, so we we are hearing that
it potentially may have left from
Montgomery Field. So there you have it.
We have a lot of regional airports
here where these single engine planes
take off from now the big waves are
starting to crash into that plane.
We're
looking at just high tide right now.
It it just ended about 90 minutes or so ago.
So obviously the tide is
still extremely high.
We have that beach hazard statement.
So today is the day with big waves,
big surf as you see and
it's causing this plane.
And twist around right before our eyes.
I mean the the main concern
obviously was we've mentioned is
anyone in there that they get out
safely we hope it's hard to tell.
Obviously we're looking at this
live along with you at home.
Yeah if you're just joining us right
now this is a breaking news that we are
following here on The CW San Diego.
A plane crash in Carlsbad in the surf
near Ponto Road and Carlsbad Blvd.
Went down just about an hour ago.
We noticed right away that the left
wing had been clipped but since
these waves have now been pounding
it appears the rear of the plane.
Starting to suffer damage as well,
so we aren't quite sure if there is
anyone who is injured in this not too
far from the campground you saw there
and very close to the Interstate as well.
Yeah, you can tell the power
of the surf right there,
the way it just almost rips apart pieces
of this plane and spins it around.
This is a smaller plane and right
now you can see the like the number
that's on there usually used to
identify these planes and get
an idea of where it was going.
Where it was coming from.
So our newsroom is working to
get information on that.
And they did say that the plane that
looks like left from Montgomery Field,
so not necessarily McClellan Palomar,
which is just two miles away,
but Montgomery Field rather.
So at this point,
obviously we're waiting to find
out if anyone was who's on board,
how they're doing.
And I don't see law enforcement when the
chopper 8 obviously looks at this wider view,
you see some of those campers
people looking at those.
Benches that are right there,
obviously that's a popular spot for ocean
views and people hanging out there often.
And about an hour ago likely people
that were there saw this plane
coming down and it looks like it
ended up right there in the surf.
Waves are now building and taking on
a lot of this aircraft right there.
So unfortunately you do see damage
to part of the wing as we're looking
at this live and you can see it,
it was spinning around a little
bit in the water as well.
So we got some. Information after we
ran the registration. This is a Piper
PA28R200 airplane that appears to
have left Montgomery. Montgomery.
Just about 7:40 is when they first started
getting calls that this plane had crashed
near Ponto Road and Carlsbad Blvd.
We do see the fire department.
We saw a fire truck.
We see other emergency vehicles pulling
up alongside of this campground which.
And he's just on top of that Cliff,
as you're looking down and we've been seeing
the surf spinning this airplane around,
actually causing more damage than what
we initially saw when we first saw this
chopper eight shot about 10 minutes ago.
Yeah. And you wonder, you know,
what part of the wing clipped
what may have happened there?
Did it hit the side of the Cliff
or ended up on the beach there
and that caused the damage.
And obviously, the priority is people
safety and then to figure out how to
get that plane lifted up that area.
It's pretty tough to access.
There's only a stairwell that's down there.
There's the fire truck right
there that's likely the access.
So a pretty long stairwell that
you'll have to take to get down
to the rocky beach where you see.
So there are fire crews,
a lot of people out there going
for likely their morning walk,
stopping to take a look at what's
going on at this very popular beach.
Again, it's South Carlsbad State beach,
right by the campground just South of
Pointsettia Lane and Carlsbad Blvd.
Again, we have a ground crew on the way to.
Answer A lot of the questions that we have
that you're probably having right now.
Was anyone injured in this?
Did the pilot or potential
passenger make it out OK?
Was anyone on the ground injured as well?
Again, very close to this
campground doesn't appear that
there was any impact out there,
but there was some sort of impact to this
airplane as we saw from that left wing.
So we have a crew on the way
as Chopper 8 is overhead,
this breaking news of plane
crash in Carlsbad in the surf
near Ponto Road and Carlsbad.
Yeah, and we'll be sure
to get more information.
Bring it to you live right here on
our news and on our website, cbs8.com.