Pilot a single-engine aircraft Pazmany PL-2 died during the crash at the airport of El Monte, located in the valley of the San Gabriel.
The tragedy occurred on Friday morning, about 9:23. The aircraft crashed on the runway, a few metres from Santa Anita Avenue. The press Secretary of the Department of civil aviation reported that it fell «during or immediately after takeoff».
According to the records of the control tower of the airport, on Board was supposed to be two, however at the scene found only the body of the pilot. Authorities suspect that the second person simply was not in the plane.
Soon after the incident the police established the identity of the deceased: it was the 63-year-old Jeffrey Ying is an experienced pilot and a member of the flight team called the»tiger Squadron». He first took the helm in 1981 and has been in the air for more than 2 thousand hours.
Currently, the civil aviation authority, the national Council for transport safety and the police El Monte are conducting a joint investigation of the incident.
Experts believe the most likely cause of the crash technical failure. From witnesses, they learned that the noise of the plane’s engine stopped when he was at the height of from 100 to 200 feet.
