One individual was killed Saturday night time within the crash of a single-engine aircraft close to Mulholland Drive in Los Angeles’ Beverly Crest neighborhood, the L.A. Fireplace Division mentioned.
Fireplace crews found the wreckage and sufferer, believed to be the aircraft’s sole occupant, above a house within the 3000 block of Beverly Glen Circle after a search that was hampered by heavy fog, the LAFD mentioned in an announcement late Saturday. A search was underway of the steep terrain to verify that there have been no different victims.
The aircraft was reported lacking by an air visitors controller, the LAFD mentioned. Federal Aviation Administration air visitors controllers, the Air Drive and the pilot’s cellphone provider had been additionally concerned within the effort to find the lacking plane.
The aircraft was en route from Santa Monica Airport to Van Nuys Airport when it was reported lacking earlier within the night, the LAFD mentioned.