March 18, 2004: CAP Finds Plane That Crashed into Napa River

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On this date in 2004, the Civil Air Patrol discovered the wreckage of a plane that crashed a week earlier into the Napa River in California.

An excerpt from Aviation Today:

March 11: MU-2B-40 crashed into the Napa River, Calif., while on approach to Napa County Airport. The airplane was destroyed. The pilot/owner and one passenger were killed. Local Civil Air Patrol found the wreckage a week later (March 18).

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