Tierrasanta residents file tort claims for injuries and trauma they suffered after a plane crashed into their home in May 2025.<\/p>\n
SAN DIEGO \u2014 Three people are taking legal action against the city of San Diego for injuries they suffered and trauma they witnessed on May 22, 2025, after a Cessna 550 Citation crashed into their home.<\/p>\n
The plane crash killed all six people on board<\/a>, including a San Diego-based music executive, two of his employees, a popular musician, a photographer and a well-known martial artist from Pacific Beach. Jet fuel from the plane ignited over 20 cars and parts of neighboring homes.<\/p>\n In three separate tort claims, the first step in filing a lawsuit, three residents who lived inside a home on Sample Street on the edge of Tierrasanta and Murphy Canyon say they were awoken at around 3:45 a.m. to the Cessna private plane crashing into their home.\u00a0<\/p>\n The residents, Jessica Schrader, Phoenix Dye and Sara Gutshow immediately fled the home and, according to the claim, were forced to step over dead bodies and flaming wreckage as they evacuated<\/a>. One of the three women fell while doing so and injured her knee. All the while, the three were forced to breathe in noxious fumes from the burning jet fuel.<\/p>\n Schrader, Dye and Gutshow say they are “extremely traumatized” by the crash and have dealt with a variety of medical issues.<\/p>\n The three residents say the city of San Diego is liable for the crash because it failed to “adhere” to Federal Aviation Regulations.<\/p>\n “Investigators determined there was thick fog, problems with runway lights and a broken weather alert system,” reads the claims.\u00a0<\/p>\n