EMBED >More News Videos Dashcam video shows the moment a twin-engine Cessna 414A bursts into flames in midair before crashing into a Yorba Linda neighborhood. EMBED >More News Videos A witness described seeing a small plane as it plunged from the sky and parts of its wreckage ignited a house fire in Yorba Linda on Sunday, Feb. 3, 2019. YORBA LINDA, Calif. (KABC) -- Witnesses say the residents of one of the homes set ablaze in the plane crash in Yorba Linda were hosting a Super Bowl party at the time of the fatal wreck.The small plane lifted off from Fullerton Municipal Airport shortly after 1:30 p.m. Sunday. Authorities said the pilot flew the 1981 twin-engine Cessna 414A about 10 miles before he encountered some sort of midair issue. That's when the plane crashed into a Yorba Linda neighborhood Authorities said the aircraft climbed about 7,800 feet before making a sudden decline down. The Orange County Fire Authority said there were at least two active structure fires at the scene on Crestknoll Drive near Canyon Drive.There was one home that suffered the most fire damage. Witnesses said when they ran outside, they saw that home immediately engulfed in flames.In that home, four people were killed - two men and two women - and two others were hospitalized. The man flying the plane also died in the crash. At an afternoon press conference Monday, Orange County sheriff's officials identified the pilot as 75-year-old Antonio Pastini, a retired Chicago police officer from Gardnerville, Nevada.Officials said the coroner is in the process of identifying the four other deceased victims through DNA.Witnesses said that's the home where the Super Bowl party was being held. Witnesses also said they saw people escaping that home, screaming for family members they couldn't find. "Yorba Linda lost four very good people," said family friend Dan Ugalde Jr., who described the victims as a tight-knit family that gathered for the Super Bowl each year.A witness' video shows the two-story home engulfed by a massive inferno as horrified neighbors look on and two explosions are heard.In the footage, a piece of the plane's wreckage is burning in the street. A man is seen dousing it with water from a garden hose. Another man then uses a fire extinguisher to put out the flames.One neighbor, Tony Tomminelli, said he heard an explosion from up above. "I walked outside and I look up and I just see debris flying everywhere. Part of a plane, which I guess eventually was the motor, flew down into the garage like a torpedo - just hit the garage and blew up," he said.He ended up sliding down the hillside to try and help.Another neighbor, Dave Elfver, described the incident as being unbelievably loud before hearing an explosion. He said he ran outside and saw part of an engine and propeller across the street.Other debris from the aircraft was scattered on nearby rooftops. National Transportation Safety Board officials said the debris field was about four blocks long, and the fuselage went down a hill, into another house.NTSB officials arrived at the scene Monday morning to continue the investigation.According to NTSB investigator Maja Smith, many witnesses reported seeing the wings fall off before the crash happened. She said neighbors' videos and witness statements are helpful to the investigation. "Because there are all these people around, all these witnesses, we are getting information that if the accident happened on the side of a hill, I wouldn't have because we wouldn't have any witnesses," she said.Smith said NTSB investigators are still searching for the right wing of the plane and added that the wreckage is one of the largest debris fields she has investigated.Dealing with the aftermath of the wreck has been emotional for some longtime residents. "It's just so hard for everybody. I feel so sorry for these people," cried neighbor Catherine Paulson. "I mean, anything can happen. It could have hit any of these houses. "The NTSB plans to remove the wreckage by the end of the day. An initial report on the cause of the crash is expected in the next five to 10 days. It may take up to one year to get a full report into the cause of the deadly crash.Nearby Glenknoll Elementary School was closed Monday to be used as a command post for the developing investigation.<doc-sep>Screenshot : JoshuaRNelson ( Twitter ) A small plane on Sunday crashed into a residential area in Yorba Linda, a city in California’s Orange County. Advertisement Video shared to Twitter by an individual who said they were a resident of the area appeared to show the scene of the crash, with a home totally engulfed in flames as residents in the area were told to move away from the site. According to the Orange County Sheriff’s Department, five people are dead in the incident, including the pilot as well as four people who were inside the home . Allen Kenitzer of the Federal Aviation Administration told Gizmodo by email that the aircraft was a Cessna 414A. Kenitzer said that the aircraft had recently taken off from the Fullerton Municipal Airport, but that the exact circumstances involved in the crash were unknown as of Sunday evening. Advertisement Carrie Braun, a spokeswoman for the Orange County Sheriff’s Department, told the Los Angeles Times that the department received a call about the crash around 1:45 p.m. local time. The scale of the damage was not immediately clear at the time of publishing. Despite initial reports that multiple homes had been affected, the Orange County Fire Authority said that only one structure was involved with the incident. Advertisement Update 2/3/19 7:30 p.m. ET: This story’s headline has been updated to reflect a report from the Orange County Fire Authority that one home was damaged in the fire, rather than multiple. It has also been updated to reflect fatalities and injuries in the incident. Update 2/3/19 1:00 p.m. ET: This story was updated to reflect that five people died in the incident, rather than two as was initially reported by the Orange County Fire Authority. Advertisement This is a developing story and may be updated throughout.<doc-sep>
YORBA LINDA (CBSLA) – The pilot of a small plane which exploded and crashed into a home in Yorba Linda Sunday — killing himself and four others — was not a Chicago police officer as initially reported. In a news conference Monday, Orange County Sheriff’s Lt. Cory Martino said that the pilot, 75-year-old Antonio Pastini of Gardnerville, Nevada, was a retired Chicago officer. A police badge and retirement papers had been found following the crash. However, on Tuesday, sheriff’s officials confirmed to CBS2 that the badge and papers were fake. Furthermore, the Chicago Police Department told WBBM Newsradio in Chicago that the department had no one by that name listed as an officer. At 1:45 p.m. Sunday, just 10 minutes after taking off from Fullerton Municipal Airport, Pastini’s twin-engine Cessna exploded in midair and broke apart, with a portion of the plane slamming into and destroying a home in the 19000 block of Crestknoll Drive. Pastini, the sole occupant of the plane, died along with two men and two women – all believed to be family members — who were inside the home preparing for a Super Bowl party. Along with the five victims, two more people were badly burned. Several other nearby homes also caught fire. The crash left debris over a four-block radius. “From the video, it appears it was an in-flight break up,” NTSB head investigator Maya Smith said Monday. “There was a few witness statements out there that said the wings fell off first, and then the explosion followed because probably fuel onboard.” Cell phone video captured the chaos that ensued, with flames and smoke billowing hundreds of feet in the air as one man using a garden hose to put out fire on part of the wing. The cabin of the plane landed in a ravine near an adjacent home. Nancy Mehl, who live a few doors down from the home that was struck, told CBS2 that a piece of the engine and shrapnel tore through her own home, shattering windows, cutting through dry wall and landing in her bathroom – missing her by just feet. “I could hear just the worst screaming of the engine, like a super whine,” Mehl said. “Just really, really high pitched, louder than anything I’ve ever heard.” Pastini’s daughter Julia Ackley told CBS2 Monday that her father flew in often from Nevada to Fullerton to visit his family. She described him as a veteran pilot who volunteered for Angel Flight, which provides medical transportation for those in need. She said he leaves behind a wife, three children, seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. The cause of the crash remains unknown. The wreckage and other evidence is being taken to a facility in Arizona where it will be examined by the NTSB. It can take several months for the NTSB to complete its investigation. “We will also do an investigation into the pilot’s history, medical records, his flight experience, as well as environment, weather and everything else that was surrounding the accident,” Smith said Monday.