A small single-engine plane struck a cell tower near Lake Mathews, killing the pilot and injuring his female passenger, according to a news report. The pilot has been identified as William Dalo, 55, of Lake Elsinore. The female passenger was ejected from the plane and suffered moderate injuries; her identity was not released. Cal Fire/Riverside…
A 69-year-old Rancho Santa Margarita man who was piloting a rented Cessna died after the plane crashed in the Coachella Valley soon after takeoff, according to a news report. San Diego County officials said that pilot Max John Mizejewski was found dead at the crash site of the Cessna 162 Skycatcher in the Anza-Borrego Desert. …
The crash of a small plane in Rancho Cucamonga that seriously injured its pilot has been blamed on engine failure, according to a news report. Pilot Ethan Gadis, 22, of Glendora, was seriously injured after his Luscombe 8A plane made a forced landing in a field near Haven Avenue in Rancho Cucamonga. The plane had…
A 78-year-old woman has died and her pilot was seriously injured when the small plane they were in lost power and crashed into a retail center parking lot in San Diego, according to a news report. A helicopter pilot who had just taken off from Montgomery Field said that he heard the female pilot radio…
An Iraq war veteran and his nine-year-old daughter were killed after being struck by a plane making an emergency landing on a Venice, Florida beach, according to a news report. Officials said that a 1972 Piper Cherokee making an emergency landing on Caspersen Beach hit Army Sgt. 1st Class Ommy Irizarry, 36, of Fort Stewart,…
Three men — one from Costa Mesa and the other two from Menifee — were killed when their plane crashed into the mountains near Lake Elsinore, according to a news report. Jacob Griffiths, 32, of Costa Mesa, died in the crash along with his brother-in-law, Kyle Parton, 29, and his father-in-law, Doug Symiczek, both of…
Huntington Beach businessman Brian D. Robertson was killed when the plane he was piloting went down near a Pennsylvania airport, according to a news report. Robertson, who was CEO of Seal Beach-based Amonix, a solar power systems manufacturer, was flying to Pennsylvania to visit family for the holidays. The crash occurred just two miles from…
Off-road racer Rick Huseman was one of three people killed in a small plane crash near Barstow, according to a news report. Huseman, 38, his brother Jeffrey Huseman, 26, and Daniel Hicks, 35, all of Riverside, were killed when their Beech 33 Bonanza crashed approximately five miles from Barstow-Daggett Airport. Rick Huseman was the 2010…
A 12-year veteran of the Anaheim Police Department and his girlfriend, an officer with the Simi Valley Police Department, were killed when the plane they were in crashed on takeoff from an Arizona airstrip, according to a news report. Anaheim Officer Brian W. Hayes, 35, and Simi Valley Officer Nicole Anderson, 32, were returning to…
Five people were killed when the twin-engine plane they were in crashed during take-off from Long Beach Municipal Airport, according to a news report. A Federal Aviation Administration spokesman said the twin-engine Beechcraft King Air was headed for Salt Lake City, and was owned by local developer Thomas Fay Dean, the owner of most of…
