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At 8:08 pm Monday, the East Contra Costa Fire Protection District responded to a report of a plane crash in the area of 5400 Byron Hot Springs Road in Byron.
Upon arrival, a small plane was located in an irrigation pond that was dry after the pilot had problems in the air and had to make an emergency landing at the Byron Airport but came up short.
According to Battalion Chief Ross Macumber, there were three occupants in the plane who were returning from a trip to Oregon to watch the solar eclipse. No one was injured in the crash and the plane sustained minimal damage.
The FAA and NTSB are investigating the cause of the crash.
