FATAL PLANE CRASH 2 DIE AFTER ENGINE QUITS AND CRAFT NOSE-DIVES.Byline: Jim Skeen Staff Writer LANCASTER - Two men were killed Monday afternoon when their single-engine plane crashed into a field northeast of Fox Airfield. The two victims were in a Cirrus SR20 aircraft that crashed at approximately 1:40 p.m. into the desert about 100 yards north of the True Holiness Church of God in Christ The Church of God in Christ, Incorporated is the nation's largest Pentecostal and African-American Christian denomination. [1] History The Church of God in Christ, commonly referred to by its acronym, COGIC at 3660 West Avenue F. The identities of the men were not released, although the plane was registered in September to Todd Olson of Henderson, Nev. The two men had been performing touch-and-go landings at Fox Field prior to the accident, 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 Fire Capt. Roland Sprewell said. ``According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. witnesses the plane headed upward and turned into a crosswind cross·wind n. A wind blowing at right angles to a given direction, as to an aircraft's line of flight. Noun 1. crosswind - wind blowing across the path of a ship or aircraft . That's when they heard the engine quit,'' Sprewell said. The plane went nose down and crashed into the field. Prior to the crash, witnesses saw a parachute parachute, umbrellalike device designed to retard the descent of a falling body by creating drag as it passes through the air. The development of modern aircraft has led to many experiments in the aerodynamic problems of parachute design, with the result that the being deployed from the plane. The Cirrus SR20 is equipped with a 55-foot diameter parachute to allow the aircraft to float down for a landing in emergencies. According to the company, in textbook deployments of the parachute system the impact of landing is the equivalent of jumping off a 10-foot ladder. However, it takes a few seconds for the parachute to deploy. A parachute could be seen adjacent to the plane wreckage wreck·age n. 1. The act of wrecking or the state of being wrecked. 2. Something wrecked. 3. The debris of something wrecked. . The accident will be investigated by the National Transportation Safety Board. The crash was the second within a few days for the airport. On Dec. 27, two pilots on a training flight escaped serious injury when their aircraft crashed landed at the airport. In that incident, one of the wings came off and the plane skidded across the runway runway: see airport. . Jim Skeen, (661) 267-5743 james.skeen(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 2 photos, map Photo: (1 -- color -- ran in AV edition only) A Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy stands near the wreckage of a plane that crashed Monday, killing two aboard the craft. (2 -- color -- ran in AV edition only) Witnesses say the fliers were performing tough-and-go landings before the plane crashed near the airport. Hans Gutknecht/Staff Photographer Map: (ran in AV edition only) Plane crash kills two |
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