1 dead after single engine plane crash on a hillside above a home in Beverly Glen Circle
One person is dead after a plane crashed in a mountainous area in the Beverly Glen neighborhood Saturday night.
1 dead after single engine plane crash on a hillside above a home in Beverly Glen Circle
BEVERLY GLEN, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- One person is dead after a plane crashed in a mountainous area in the Beverly Glen neighborhood Saturday night.
The single engine plane was found by the LAFD "upon a steep hillside that includes a large water tank (not damaged), above a home at 3045 Beverly Glen Circle."
The search mission began at around 8 p.m. when Air Traffic Control asked the LAFD to search the area after they reportedly lost radar contact with a small, single engine aircraft believed to be traveling between Santa Monica Airport and Van Nuys Airport, according to the LAFD.
Despite the foggy conditions, the LAFD was initially able to narrow the search to initially around Sherman Oaks, before transitioning to a search in Beverly Glen.
"LAFD helicopters and ground crews searched the large fog shrouded region for nearly an hour before an LAFD helicopter localized a signal from an aircraft Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB) in the vicinity (believed within a quarter-mile) of Beverly Glen Terrace and Beverly Glen Boulevard," an LAFD alert read.
Crews continued to search for the aircraft on the ground after fogs prevented officials from continuing a search through the air.
The LAFD had been working with "FAA Air Traffic Controllers at Van Nuys Airport, Burbank Airport and Los Angeles International Airport, as well as the United States Air Force and the pilot's cellular telephone carrier, to best pinpoint the missing aircraft."
The identity of the deceased was not immediately clear, but it was confirmed that they were the pilot and that no one else was on board the aircraft.
No information as to how the plane crashed has been released.
Source: KABC-TV
