BODY FOUND AT SITE OF AIR CRASH.Byline: Daily News LLANO lla·no n. pl. lla·nos A large, grassy, almost treeless plain, especially one in Latin America. [Spanish, plain, from Latin pl -- A Glendora man was found dead Tuesday in the wreckage of his ultralight ul·tra·light n. A recreational aircraft constructed of lightweight materials such as aluminum, graphite composites, or high-strength plastics, having an engine of roughly 15 to 40 horsepower and often resembling a hang glider with wings. plane, which had apparently crashed the previous day as he was practicing at a desert airstrip. The 49-year-old man, whose name was not immediately released, had last been seen with his Rans Stinger S-18 airplane Monday morning at the Brian Ranch Ultralight Airport, a popular landing spot for lightweight aircraft about 20 miles east of Palmdale. A sheriff's helicopter crew searched Tuesday night after the man's wife reported him missing, but the 22-foot-long plane's wreckage wasn't spotted among the creosote creosote (krē`əsōt), volatile, heavy, oily liquid obtained by the distillation of coal tar or wood tar. Creosote derived from beechwood tar has been used medicinally as an antiseptic and in the treatment of chronic bronchitis. bushes and sagebrush sagebrush, name for several species of Artemisia, deciduous shrubs of the family Asteraceae (aster family), particularly abundant in arid regions of W North America. The common sagebrush (A. until after the sun came up Tuesday. ``It was a few hundred yards north of the airfield,'' sheriff's Lt. Larry Gregg said. Brian Ranch Ultralight Airport owner Jack Brian said Brian Said (born May 15 1973 in Valletta, Malta) is a professional footballer currently playing for Sliema Wanderers in the Maltese Football League, where he plays as a defender. External links
With a tubular frame and its propeller behind the pilot, the Rans S-18 weighs less than 600 pounds empty. The man had been flying last week at Brian Ranch as well, Brian said. Brian said he was told the man intended Monday to fly in the area around the airfield. ``He was just practicing,'' he said. The Federal Aviation Administration Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), component of the U.S. Department of Transportation that sets standards for the air-worthiness of all civilian aircraft, inspects and licenses them, and regulates civilian and military air traffic through its air traffic control and the National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the crash. Authorities said they didn't know what caused the crash, but the possibilities include mechanical problems, a weather condition, even a heart attack or a collision while practicing landings. Coroner's officials expect to perform an autopsy to help determine the cause of the pilot's death. |
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