WASHINGTON — Thirteen Marine Corps personnel were disciplined for errors that led a disabled Marine Corps jet fighter to crash in a San Diego neighborhood last December.

The accident killed four members of one family.

Service officials told members of Congress today four Marine Corps officers at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar near San Diego were relieved of duty for directing the F/A-18D Hornet to fly over the residential area.

The jet was having engine problems. Officials said the pilot should have been told to fly over San Diego Bay and land at another base that sits on the tip of a peninsula.

Nine other military personnel received lesser reprimands.