Placer County sheriff's Capt. Jeff Ausnow says 70-year-old Ray Richard Farnell, the pilot, was hospitalized in Reno Monday night, and his wife, 55-year-old Darla Sue Farnell, was pronounced dead at the scene. He says the couple were from Tahoe City. Ausnow tells the Reno Gazette-Journal that a California Highway Patrol helicopter spotted wreckage around 11:50 a.m.
Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Allen Kenitzer says the Piper PA-46 Malibu took off from Santa Ana. Ausnow says it went down in a rugged area about 6 miles southeast of the airport.
It was unknown why the plane crashed.
The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating.
July 27, 2017(AP) - A wild meadow hidden from public view for more than a century in California's Sierra Nevada is opening for tours after it was purchased by conservation groups.
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June 14, 2017A place in Truckee that provides tools and space for people to build anything they can imagine is seeking its first expansion six months since its opening.
January 23, 2017Two Tahoe-area men say they're doing well after being trapped in an avalanche early Monday morning.
January 10, 2017Residents in Truckee and Washoe County are weathering the latest storm Tuesday while still reeling from the effects of the previous storm that hit over the weekend.
January 5, 2017The National Weather Service placed the Sierra on flood watch because of continued heavy weather patterns.
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