2025 San Diego Cessna Citation II crash

2025 San Diego Cessna Citation II crash
A CCTV still of an explosion after the crash
Accident
DateMay 22, 2025 (2025-05-22)
SummaryCrashed into a residential area, under investigation
SiteMurphy Canyon, San Diego, California, U.S.
32°48′12″N 117°6′22″W / 32.80333°N 117.10611°W / 32.80333; -117.10611
Total fatalities6
Total injuries8
Aircraft

A Cessna Citation II, similar to the one involved
Aircraft typeCessna Citation II
OperatorDaviator LLC
RegistrationN666DS
Flight originTeterboro Airport, Bergen County, New Jersey, U.S.
StopoverColonel James Jabara Airport, Wichita, Kansas, U.S.
DestinationMontgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport, San Diego, California, U.S.
Occupants6
Passengers5
Crew1
Fatalities6
Survivors0
Ground casualties
Ground injuries8

On May 22, 2025, a Cessna Citation II crashed in the Murphy Canyon neighborhood of San Diego, California, United States, killing all six people aboard the aircraft and injuring at least eight others on the ground. Ten homes were damaged in the crash, one of which was completely destroyed.