Daniel Williams, a former drummer for The Devil Wears Prada, was among six people killed when a Cessna Citation S550 crashed near San Diego on May 22, 2025. The National Transportation Safety Board’s preliminary report records eight minor injuries on the ground. It does not establish a final cause.
Who was Daniel Williams?
Contemporaneous reports said Williams’s father confirmed that he was among the victims. The Devil Wears Prada also posted a tribute: “No words. We owe you everything. Love you forever.” The band’s tribute and family confirmation were reported by idobi and Yahoo News.
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Williams played drums for the band, including on releases such as Plagues, according to the contemporaneous reporting. The NTSB report gives the crash’s overall casualty count; the identification of Williams comes from the family and band reporting, not from that report.
What happened in the San Diego crash?
The NTSB’s preliminary report for accident WPR25FA161 says the Cessna Citation S550, registration N666DS, was destroyed near San Diego at 03:47 local time on May 22, 2025. It records six fatal injuries aboard and eight minor injuries on the ground. The aircraft had departed Teterboro, New Jersey, on May 21, stopped at Colonel James Jabara Airport in Wichita, Kansas, to refuel, and continued toward Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport in San Diego. See the NTSB preliminary report.
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Has the cause of the crash been determined?
Not in the NTSB material cited here. The report is explicitly preliminary, and the reviewed sources do not establish a final probable-cause finding. The NTSB’s investigation docket lists investigation materials.
A June 2025 account of preliminary investigative material reported that the aircraft struck power lines while approaching at low altitude and that runway alignment lighting was unavailable. Those are reported preliminary circumstances, not a final NTSB cause determination. They do not establish why the crash occurred.
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