PLANE CRASH VICTIM MAY BE FROM A.V.Byline: Stacy Brown Daily News Staff Writer The 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 Coroner's Office said an unidentified man killed in Sunday's plane crash in Saugus was believed to have lived in Lancaster, but no family member has come forward to claim his body. ``We have not yet determined his identity. No one has been notified or has notified us, although it appears he may have been from the Lancaster area,'' said a coroner spokesman. The plane's pilot was identified as Charles Gray
Los Angeles County sheriff's Lt. Carl Deeley said an investigation into the crash is ongoing and may take months before it is completed. ``(The second man's) identity is not yet known,'' Deeley said. ``This is a government issue now. When people like 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 National Transportation Safety Board get involved they take over completely.'' The controls of the twin-engine Cessna 310 might have been overloaded, causing the pilot to lose control and crash near a Saugus neighborhood, 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. NTSB NTSB abbr. National Transportation Safety Board investigator George Petterson. ``It's just like making an abrupt turn in a car with the steering wheel. You'll lose control and roll over,'' Petterson said. Gray's wife, Myrtle Gray, was said to have been scheduled to take the ill-fated flight from Lancaster's Gen. William J. Fox Airfield to Van Nuys but decided against it, citing concerns with overcast skies and her fear of flying. The plane crashed about 6:30 p.m. Sunday near Featherstar Avenue and Alaminos Drive. It went into a steep dive and hit a high-voltage transmission tower and lines. Petterson said Gray, a veteran pilot who volunteered in search-and-rescue missions to locate missing aircraft, lost radio and radar contact about 6:15 p.m. with air services in San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. . The plane barely missed hitting homes, though debris from the crash was strewn strew tr.v. strewed, strewn or strewed, strew·ing, strews 1. To spread here and there; scatter: strewing flowers down the aisle. 2. in neighboring yards. |
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