The coast guard searches for a missing pilot after one light plane comes down over water but the other is able to land safety.
Rescuers have been searching San Francisco Bay for a missing pilot after two small planes collided midair on Sunday.
One of the aircraft, which was believed to be a vintage aircraft, landed safely.
The accident happened over San Pablo Bay, to the north of San Francisco, near Richmond, shortly after 4pm local time (midnight UK time).
US Coast Guard spokeswoman Loumania Stewart said overnight that a water search was underway.
Rescue teams in boats and helicopters were reportedly scouring the area where the plane went down, but found only debris.
Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor said the collision involved a Cessna 210 and a Hawker Sea Fury TMK 20.
The Cessna is thought to have only had one pilot but there were conflicting reports on the number of people in the Sea Fury.
Mr Gregor said the Cessna crashed into the water but the pilot of the Hawker was able to land safely.
The planes had apparently been at an airshow called Pacific Coast Dream Machines in Half Moon Bay.
The Sea Fury returned to the Eagles Nest Airport in Ione, California, SFGate website said.
The Sea Fury is a British-built plane dating from the early 1950s. It was one of the fastest propeller-driven planes ever built and the last used by the Royal Navy. It was used widely in the Korean War.
The Cessna, which dates from 1965, is a single engine propeller-driven general aviation aircraft of a model that went out of production in 1985.
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