Survivor of California plane crash dies — leaving two teens orphaned

A California dad has died of his injuries just days after his wife and two youngest sons perished in a horrific plane crash, The Post has learned.

Craig Eady, 44, of Auberry, passed away in the hospital Monday.

It comes after his flight instructor wife Danna, 41, and sons Pavel, 10, and Remus, 13, died over the weekend when the aircraft went down near Fresno.

It has left their two eldest children, Lucien, 17, and Felicity, 18, orphaned.

Craig & Danna Eady and their two youngest sons, Pavel, 10 (lower left) and Remus, 13, (lower right), who were tragically taken from their family in a devastating plane accident. Supportnow.org
Danna Eady and her two youngest sons, Pavel and Remus, were killed in a plane accident. LinkedIn
First responders work at the scene of a plane crash on Saturday on the 7300 block of N. Blythe Ave. Fresno County Sheriff’s Office
A fixed-wing single-engine airplane crashed on the 7300 block of N. Blythe Ave. on Saturday in Fresno. Fresno County Sheriff’s Office
Sheriff’s deputies, Fresno firefighters and police officers respond to a plane crash on the 7300 block of N. Blythe Ave. atop the bluff of the San Joaquin River on Saturday. Fresno County Sheriff’s Office

The crash happened close to Sierra Sky Park airport near the San Joaquin River just before 2 p.m. Saturday, sending emergency crews scrambling to the scene, according to the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office.

Firefighters, cops and sheriff’s deputies arrived to find plane wreckage on a bluff near the river as flames tore across a nearby hillside. The aircraft was a fixed-wing, single-engine plane.

Nick Wilcox, who owns the Soar Paso flight school in Paso Robles, said he was a dear friend to Danna Eady. He said the family was on their way to an airshow over the weekend when the plane crashed..

He added that Danna was a fellow flight instructor who had flown with him numerous times and had even taken his daughter flying.

He told The Post: “She was a very special soul.”

At the time of the crash, Eady and her husband were rushed to a hospital in critical condition. The two sons, however, were declared deceased at the scene.


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