A single-engine aircraft accident in California led to the death of three people near a mountain airport.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) stated that the Beechcraft A36 crashed around 2 pm on Monday, May 1, close to Big Bear City Airport. Despite hitting an empty lot, no fire broke out. The Big Bear Fire Department verified the deaths of all three individuals on the plane.

Currently, investigators have not disclosed the identities of the victims and are examining the reason behind the crash. Weather reports suggest that skies were partly cloudy at the time of the incident, with no unusual weather conditions.

Big Bear Airport is situated near Big Bear Lake, a well-known resort destination approximately two hours away from Los Angeles.

This marks the second deadly small plane crash within three days in Southern California. On Saturday, April 29, a single-engine Cessna C172 collided with a hillside above a Los Angeles neighborhood due to heavy fog, resulting in a single fatality.

Joubin Solemani, a resident of the affluent Beverly Crest neighborhood, recounted hearing a loud crash while at home with his family on Saturday. Search-and-rescue crews were dispatched to the hillside, and after hours of navigating the darkness and thick fog, they located the wreckage and found the deceased pilot. He was identified as 38-year-old Alon Inditzky and was the only person on board.

Solemani described the twisted remains of the plane visible from his property in the Santa Monica Mountains.

The fire department recovered the pilot’s body later on Sunday afternoon. Remarkably, the aircraft managed to avoid power lines and a water tank, and only a minor fire broke out.

An air traffic controller reported the plane as missing after losing contact with it en route to Van Nuys Airport.

Both crashes are under investigation by the FAA and the NTSB.