SAN DIEGO — Nearly two dozen residents whose Tierrasanta neighborhood was decimated in a May 22, 2025, plane crash, which killed all six passengers on board and destroyed homes, are taking legal action against the city of San Diego for injuries they suffered and trauma they witnessed, according to public documents obtained by CBS 8.
In addition to the 22 residents who filed legal claims, the pilot’s wife, one of his employees who died in the crash and the family of another passenger are also seeking to hold the city liable, alleging the deadly crash was caused in part by inoperable runway lights at Montgomery Field Airport and an inadequate weather alert system for pilots.
In the early morning hours of May 22, 2025, pilot David Shapiro’s Cessna 550 Citation, returning to San Diego from New Jersey in heavy fog, crashed on its descent into Montgomery Field Airport…