‘Experimental’ Plane Involved In Fatal Marin Headlands Crash: Report

MARIN COUNTY, CA — The plane involved in a fatal Marin Headlands crash last was a 2017 kit-built aircraft classified by a federal regulatory authority as “experimental,” KCRA reports.

The victims been identified by as Sacramento residents Mike B. Briare, 57, Jennifer Lyn Fox, 52, according to the Marin County Sheriff’s Office.

Briare piloted the fixed-wing, single-engine Vans RV-10, and Fox was a passenger.

The crash occurred amid dense fog and high winds in rugged terrain, but officials have not determined what role, if any, the weather conditions played in the crash. The cause of the crash is under investigation, authorities said.

Kit-built planes are described by the FAA as those “assembled without the supervision and quality control of the production certificate holder,” the report said.

According to flight records data taken from a device that transmits a plane’s location and movement, the plane looped over the Golden Gate Bridge twice before crashing into a ridge near Slackers Hill, KCRA reports.

The crash occurred Friday at around 12:09 p.m., 40 minutes after plane took off from Sacramento Executive Airport, according to data tracking cited by KCRA.

The airplane's emergency beacon was reportedly activated at approximately 12:11, the Sheriff's Office said.

The downed aircraft was located on a steep hillside north of Conzelman Road away.

The NTSB has moved the plane to Sacramento where it will be investigated, the report said.

The Golden Gate National Park Service tweeted a photo of the NTSB airlifting the plane from the Marin Headlands on Sunday.

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