National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) officials confirmed Friday that a small plane that plummeted into a U.S. Navy-owned residential neighborhood in San Diego early Thursday, incinerating more than a dozen nearby homes and cars, hit high-tension power lines while approaching the airport for landing.

The aircraft, a Cessna 550 Citation business jet , crashed around 3:45 a.m. in the Murphy Canyon neighborhood, killing all six people on board, according to Dan Baker, the NTSB investigator in charge.

While the identities of those killed have not yet been confirmed by authorities, Fox News Digital learned music executive Dave Shapiro and drummer Daniel Williams died in the crash.

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After departing from Teterboro, New Jersey, the flight made a stop in Wichita, Kansas, and was inbound to Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport.

The plane was approaching the airport’s runway when it struck the power lines.

Baker said the male pilot did not report any problems to air traffic control and did not declare an emergency.

NTSB investigators determined the automated surface observing system, which provides airport weather conditions to pilots, was “inoperative” at the airport at the time of the accident due to “an unrelated power surge.”

Air traffic control provided the pilot the weather conditions at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar before he began the approach to Montgomery Airport, Baker said.

The weather at Miramar, which is four miles north of Montgomery Airport, was briefed as wind calm, with a half-mile of visibility and a 200-foot ceiling.

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NTSB investigators also determined there were notices to air mission, also called NOTAMs, in effect at the time of the accident that stated the runway’s precision approach path indicator and approach light system with runway alignment indicator lights at the airport were “out of service.”

While the plane did not have a flight data recorder, Baker said a cockpit voice recorder may have been installed.

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Wreckage recovery will be done Friday afternoon, concluding the on-scene portion of the investigation.

“We will continue to investigate pilot qualifications, training, flight history and other human factors that may have been involved in the accident,” Baker said. “We will investigate the airplane’s maintenance history and flight performance, and we will continue to investigate any other environmental issues that may have been a factor in the accident.”

FAA records show Shapiro was the plane’s owner and held a pilot’s license, though it is unclear if he was flying the aircraft at the time of the crash.

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Officials said only eight injuries were reported on the ground due to the swift action of military families helping each other escape homes and jump from windows.

About 100 residents were displaced. Liberty Military Housing and the Red Cross are helping residents find accommodations.

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NTSB regional investigators, the Federal Aviation Administration, Textron Aviation and Williams International Engines are assisting with the investigation.

Air traffic control and weather specialists from the NTSB are assisting remotely.

(Reuters) -The pilot of a private jet that crashed into a San Diego home in pre-dawn darkness and fog, killing all six people aboard the plane, may have been unaware landing lights were out of service at the airport where he was headed, officials said on Friday.

The twin-engine Cessna Citation on approach to Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport early on Thursday clipped some power lines and plowed into the Murphy Canyon military housing community, according to Dan Baker, a National Transportation Safety Board investigator.

A fire ignited by the impact destroyed the plane and damaged nearby homes and vehicles, Baker told a news briefing a day after the accident.

Baker said nobody on the plane survived, but that no one on the ground was killed or seriously injured. Although Baker did not specify how many had died, authorities had previously said six people were aboard the plane, including the pilot.

Local news media identified two of the people aboard the plane as music industry agent Dave Shapiro, owner of the company to which the plane was registered, and musician Daniel Williams, a former drummer for the metal rock band The Devil Wears Prada.

A total of eight people on the ground were treated at or near the scene for minor injuries, said Candace Hadley, a spokesperson for San Diego Fire-Rescue, adding that a number of residents were instrumental in safely evacuating their neighbors as the fire spread.

The cause of the accident has yet to be determined. Among the questions investigators will seek to answer is whether the pilot was aware of a notice alerting flight crews that runway and glide-path lighting at Montgomery-Gibbs airport was out of commission.

The pilot did not report any problems to air traffic control or declare an emergency before the crash, which occurred at about 3:45 a.m. (1045 GMT), Baker said.

Visibility in the early morning darkness was also limited by heavy fog, according to San Diego Fire-Rescue Assistant Chief Dan Eddy said.

The fact the pilot sought to land in fog and darkness on a runway without illumination suggests he did not know the lighting system was out of order as he approached the airport.

“You could barely see in front of you,” Eddy was quoted as telling the Los Angeles City News Service.

An automated system for providing real-time weather conditions was also out of service at Montgomery-Gibbs, requiring air traffic control to furnish pilots weather data from the next nearest air field, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, about 4 miles to the north, Baker said.

The ill-fated flight originated from New Jersey and stopped in Kansas to refuel before taking off again en route to San Diego, local news media reported.

(Reporting by Steve Gorman in Portland, Oregon; Editing by Sandra Maler and Tom Hogue)

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(Reuters) -The pilot of a private jet that crashed into a San Diego home in pre-dawn darkness and fog, killing all six people aboard the plane, may have been unaware landing lights were out of service at the airport where he was headed, officials said on Friday.

The twin-engine Cessna Citation on approach to Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport early on Thursday clipped some power lines and plowed into the Murphy Canyon military housing community, according to Dan Baker, a National Transportation Safety Board investigator.

A fire ignited by the impact destroyed the plane and damaged nearby homes and vehicles, Baker told a news briefing a day after the accident.

Baker said nobody on the plane survived, but that no one on the ground was killed or seriously injured. Although Baker did not specify how many had died, authorities had previously said six people were aboard the plane, including the pilot.

Local news media identified two of the people aboard the plane as music industry agent Dave Shapiro, owner of the company to which the plane was registered, and musician Daniel Williams, a former drummer for the metal rock band The Devil Wears Prada.

A total of eight people on the ground were treated at or near the scene for minor injuries, said Candace Hadley, a spokesperson for San Diego Fire-Rescue, adding that a number of residents were instrumental in safely evacuating their neighbors as the fire spread.

The cause of the accident has yet to be determined. Among the questions investigators will seek to answer is whether the pilot was aware of a notice alerting flight crews that runway and glide-path lighting at Montgomery-Gibbs airport was out of commission.

The pilot did not report any problems to air traffic control or declare an emergency before the crash, which occurred at about 3:45 a.m. (1045 GMT), Baker said.

Visibility in the early morning darkness was also limited by heavy fog, according to San Diego Fire-Rescue Assistant Chief Dan Eddy said.

The fact the pilot sought to land in fog and darkness on a runway without illumination suggests he did not know the lighting system was out of order as he approached the airport.

“You could barely see in front of you,” Eddy was quoted as telling the Los Angeles City News Service.

An automated system for providing real-time weather conditions was also out of service at Montgomery-Gibbs, requiring air traffic control to furnish pilots weather data from the next nearest air field, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, about 4 miles to the north, Baker said.

The ill-fated flight originated from New Jersey and stopped in Kansas to refuel before taking off again en route to San Diego, local news media reported.

(Reporting by Steve Gorman in Portland, Oregon; Editing by Sandra Maler and Tom Hogue)