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Small aircraft deadly crash off Pacific Grove coast, same area as John Denver’s 1997 crash

  • On Saturday, July 26, a small aircraft crashed off Pacific Grove near Asilomar State Beach, killing three people, authorities said.
  • The Beechcraft Baron B55, manufactured in 1974 with valid flight status, departed San Carlos Airport just after 10 p.m. Saturday, registered to a Delaware-based company.
  • Data from Flightradar24 shows the Beechcraft Baron looped downtown Pacific Grove at low altitude before crashing just before 11:00 p.m., and Ron Beach said, `We heard it make one pass, then we heard a second pass, you could hear the prop go up, then we heard a thump`.
  • The National Transportation Safety Board has opened an investigation into the crash, and debris will remain on the beach near Pacific Grove as the investigation begins.
  • The wreck sits near where musician John Denver died in 1997 when his Long EZ N555JD crashed during touch-and-go landings at Monterey Regional Airport.
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PACIFIC GROVE, Calif., (KMUV-TV) — The Monterey County Sheriff's Office has released the identities of the three people killed in a plane crash Saturday night. The victims have been identified as Steve Eugene Clatterbuck, 60, of Salinas; James Vincent, 36, of Monterey; and Jamie Lee Tabscott, 44, of Monterey. The sheriff's office said the victims' families and friends wish to express their gratitude for the outpouring of support from the communi…

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Small aircraft deadly crash off Pacific Grove coast, same area as John Denver’s 1997 crash

A small plane carrying three people crashed off the shore of Pacific Grove on Saturday night, near the site where, nearly 28 years earlier, popular musician John Denver tragically lost his life in a plane crash.

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The Desert Sun broke the news in Palm Springs, United States on Sunday, July 27, 2025.
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