Mystery plane found in California lake turns out to be from 1986 crash

Workers initially thought the recovered plane was one involved in a 1965 crash in which the pilot and three passengers were killed

Three bodies and a Piper Comanche 250 airplane remain missing in a California lake, despite hope that underwater surveyors had found the remains that have now evaded searchers for over half a century.

Last week, Seafloor Systems workers came upon a mystery plane sitting at the bottom of Folsom Lake near Sacramento. They thought the plane matched the description of the one that crashed on New Year's Day 1965, killing the pilot and three passengers onboard.