A West Sacramento man was confirmed to have died after a plane crashed into a North Sacramento field on Christmas Eve, officials said Tuesday.

The scene was near Claire Avenue and Rio Linda Boulevard.

Sacramento Fire confirmed that day that they responded to a plane crash just around 12:30 p.m. and that two men were in critical condition. One of the victims had to be extricated from the plane, firefighters say. 

Sacramento Fire officials told CBS Sacramento then that one of the victims had died but later clarified that the person was revived. A report from the Federal Aviation Administration on Dec. 29 confirms that at least one of the victims had officially died.

On Jan. 6, the Sacramento County Coroner's Office identified the individual as West Sacramento resident Ronnie H. Metcalf, 70.

The plane involved was a smaller, single-engine craft. Exactly what led up to the crash remains under investigation. 

On the day of the crash, Captain Justin Sylvia with Sacramento Fire said the wet weather in the region made it difficult for crews to remove the plane from the field.

"It's very wet out there, so getting this plane out is going to be very challenging," Sylvia said. "There's going to have to probably be a heavy wrecker that comes out to maybe pull it out of that field, but there's no way that any type of tow vehicle can drive out there, just because it's so soft."