Crash at Montgomery Field requiring nearly $1M clean-up, emergency cash for airports fund

SAN DIEGO — 
A plane crash in February at Montgomery Field requiring nearly $1 million in environmental clean-up efforts forced the San Diego City Council to approve on Tuesday an emergency influx of cash for the city’s airports fund.
The $1.5 million in cash will cover $911,000 for the crash clean-up, $340,000 to upgrade buildings at Montgomery Field in Kearny Mesa for a possible tenant, and $270,000 to analyze proposed upgrades at Brown Field in Otay Mesa.
Council members stressed that the money is coming from just over $12.1 million in airport reserves, not the city’s general fund.
The city hopes to get reimbursed for the clean-up costs by the pilot responsible for the Feb. 13 crash or his insurance company, Jorge Rubio, the city’s deputy director for airports, told the council’s budget committee in early April.

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