A military plane crashed in a field near Naval Station Ventura County in California, at around 5:15 p.m. on October 29.
The single-seat Hawker Hunter MK.58 aircraft crashed while it was preparing to land at the Naval Station, after returning from an offshore training exercise.
The pilot, who was the only one aboard, was killed at the spot. No one on the ground was injured.
The British-built plane is registered to Virginia based Airborne Tactical Advantage Co., which provides flight training to the military.
The FAA and the NTSB are looking into the cause of accident.