A pilot was reportedly killed when his plane crashed at a California Air Force base air show on Sunday.
Eddie Andreini, an air show veteran, was killed in the crash at Travis Air Force Base, friends and associates told KTVU.com. He was attempting a "cutting the ribbon" maneuver when the biplane crashed on the tarmac shortly after 2 p.m.
The crash at the Solano County, Calif. base did not occur near spectators, and no other injuries were immediately reported.
Lynn Lunsford of the Federal Aviation Administration said Sunday that the plane was a Stearman biplane. The plane was part of the Thunder Over Solano airshow at the base.
The airshow was canceled shortly afterwards. Travis AFB officials have not yet released a statement about the incident.
The National Transportation Safety Board will head up an investigation and Lunsford says the FAA is already on site and will be a member of the team.
The 1945 plane was registered to the Eddie Andreini Air Shows, Inc. based in Half Moon Bay.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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