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Woman Dies When Private Plane Crashes In Costco Parking Lot

A small plane that crashed in the parking lot of a Costco store in Kearny Mesa on July 30, 2014.
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A small plane that crashed in the parking lot of a Costco store in Kearny Mesa on July 30, 2014.

One woman was killed and another badly injured Wednesday evening when a private plane clipped a Target store just west of Montgomery Field and crashed into an adjacent parking lot by a Costco.

The Mooney M20 went down near Convoy Street and Othello Avenue in Kearny Mesa about 5:30 p.m. after a landing attempt at the municipal airport went awry, according to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department and Federal Aviation Administration.

Firefighters quickly extinguished a small blaze caused by the crash, San Diego fire spokesman Lee Swanson said. Medics took the pilot, a woman in her 50s, and her 78-year-old passenger to a hospital for treatment of major injuries, he said.

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The older woman died at the hospital, Swanson said.

Two witnesses suffered minor injuries helping get the women out of the wrecked aircraft. One was taken to a hospital, while the other was treated at the scene.

A witness told NBC San Diego the single-engine aircraft clipped the roof of a Target store and a utility pole before hitting the ground.

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