1 dead after plane crashes, burns at airport in Novato
NOVATO -- One person was confirmed dead in a fiery airplane crash at Gnoss Field Airport in Novato Saturday afternoon.
The Marin County Sheriff's office said an Aero Commander 200D airplane crashed into a hangar shortly after takeoff around 3:50 p.m. and caught fire. One person, presumably the pilot, was confirmed to have died in the crash.
The airport was locked down and a National Transportation Safety Board investigator was en route to the scene, the sheriff's office said, adding that the NTSB was expected to take over the investigation on Sunday morning.