FAA OPENS CRASH STUDY.Byline: Daily News THREE POINTS - 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 investigators took apart the remains of a single-engine plane Thursday, following a crash the day before that injured three people, a Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County sheriff's official said. Investigators were checking the carburetor of the brown and yellow Cessna, having found evidence that ice might have formed on it, sheriff's Deputy Ken Keeton said. Meanwhile, Lynn Stilwell, the most seriously injured when the plane crashed about 30 miles north of Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, , was recovering at UCLA Medical Center UCLA Medical Center is a hospital located on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California. It is rated as one of the top three hospitals in the United States and is the top hospital on the West Coast according to US News & World Report. , Keeton said. The 52-year-old woman suffered a bruise to her head and a broken wrist. Gerald Dolin, 55, of Ventura was piloting the plane when the engine failed at about 1,000 feet, Keeton said. Dolin and Stilwell's husband, Paul, also 52, were treated for minor injuries. |
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