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Plane at bottom of California lake is not from 1965 crash

Rich Pedroncelli/AP

FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2014 file photo, children walk on rocks that are normally on the shore of Folsom Lake, Calif., a reservoir that at the time had receded more than 100 yards. On Friday, April 7, 2017, California Gov. Jerry Brown declared an end to the state's water emergency following a five-year drought that reduced rivers to trickles, farmland to dust fields and forests to swathes of dead trees. Storms hit in 2015 and returned with a vengeance in 2016 and in early 2017, filling reservoirs, overflowing dams, swelling creeks and pumping up the snowpack. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

By: Associated Press

Posted at 3:09 PM, Jun 16, 2021

and last updated 2021-06-16 18:09:18-04

FOLSOM, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a small plane spotted by sonar at the bottom of a Northern California lake is not an aircraft that disappeared into the water after a midair collision in 1965.

The possibility arose last week when the wreckage was spotted by technicians testing sonar equipment at Folsom Lake. The Placer County Sheriff's Office says better images were obtained and it was determined that it is an airplane that went down in 1986 with no fatalities.

Four people were aboard the plane that crashed in 1965 but only remains of one were found.

The Sheriff's Office says relatives do not want a search.

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Plane at bottom of California lake is not from 1965 crash

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