Full Notification

On April 3rd, 2015, at approximately 12:30 PM, the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office received numerous reports that an ultra-light aircraft that had crashed in a rural area of Petaluma. The Sonoma County Sheriff’ Office Helicopter, Henry 1, along with patrol deputies from the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office, responded to the area and conducted a search for the aircraft.
While conducting an aerial search, Henry 1 located the crash site in a field approximately one half mile south-east east of the intersection of Frates Road and Adobe Road. The pilot, and sole occupant of the aircraft, was found deceased in the wreckage of the aircraft.
The cause of the aircraft crash was unknown and will be investigated by the N.T.S.B. (National Transportation Safety Board).
The identity of the deceased pilot will not be released pending the notification of the pilot’s next of kin.


Greg Miller, Lieutenant
Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office
707-565-3941