Fighter Jet Crash In S.D.

Marine Corps firefighters look over the wreckage of a military jet Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2008, that crashed into a San Diego neighborhood, killing three people. The F/A-18D Hornet crashed into the street Monday about two miles from Marine Corps Air Station Miramar as the pilot was returning from a training flight. The pilot ejected before the crash.

Resident Mary Jane Dean, right, stands in front of her house as Marine Corps firefighters search the crash scene of an F/A-18D jet Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2008 in San Diego.

Part of the engine from a F-18 fighter jet is seen in a San Diego residential neighborhood after the jet crashed Monday Dec. 8, 2008. A fighter jet returning to a Marine base after a training exercise crashed in flames in San Diego Monday, killing three people on the ground, leaving one missing and destroying two homes. The pilot of the jet ejected safely just before the crash around noon.

With the wreckage of an F-18 military jet seen at background left, a home burns after the fighter plane crashed into a San Diego residential neighborhood Monday, Dec. 8, 2008. The plane crashed shortly before noon Monday as it prepared to land at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar. The crash occurred two miles from the base.

The pilot, foreground, sits on the lawn of a house in San Diego after ejecting safely from an F/A-18D military jet that crashed in a densely populated neighborhood on Monday Dec. 8, 2008.

Crews of workers inspect the wreckage of a F-18 fighter jet that crashed into a home Monday Dec. 8, 2008, in San Diego.

Smoke rises from a fire after an F-18 military jet crashed into a suburban neighborhood in San Diego on Monday, Dec. 8, 2008.

Part of the engine from a F-18 fighter jet is seen in a San Diego residential neighborhood after it crashed Monday, Dec. 8, 2008.

Smoke rises from a fire after an F-18 military jet crashed into a suburban neighborhood in San Diego Monday, Dec. 8, 2008.

Firefighters and investigators walk around the wreckage from a F-18 fighter jet that crashed into homes Monday Dec. 8, 2008 in San Diego.

Rescue workers and investigators stand next to part of the wreckage of a F-18 fighter jet that crashed into homes, Monday, Dec. 8, 2008 in San Diego.

Marines, firemen, and hazmat crews work at the site of a F-18 fighter jet crashed into a home killing at least three people Monday, Dec. 8, 2008, in San Diego.

The scene where an F-18 military jet crashed in a San Diego neighborhood, Monday Dec., 8, 2008.

Another view of the scene where an F-18 military jet crashed in a San Diego neighborhood, Monday Dec., 8, 2008, sparking at least one house fire.

The scene where an F-18 military jet crashed in a San Diego neighborhood, Monday Dec., 8, 2008, sparking at least one house fire.

Fire trucks and rescue vehicles line Huggins Street as clouds of smoke fill the atmosphere where a F-18 fighter jet crashed Monday, Dec. 8, 2008 in San Diego.

A police officer heads back to his car in the smoke filled San Diego neighborhood where a F-18 fighter jet crashed Monday, Dec. 8, 2008.

A firefighter crosses a police line while leaving the scene where a F-18 fighter jet crashed Monday, Dec. 8, 2008, in San Diego.

A parachute belonging to the pilot of a F-18 fighter is seen on a tree in the neighborhood where the jet crashed Monday, Dec. 8, 2008, in San Diego.

Map locates the military jet crash in San Diego.