By Ricardo Roura
Sep 22, 2024, 7:40 PM EDT
A pilot died after a crash of two single-engine small planes Sunday afternoon in the Lancaster area, the Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACoFD) reported.
According to a LACoFD spokesperson to KTLA, At approximately 12:53 p.m. the call was received reporting the incident between the two aircraft..
AIRCRAFTS DOWN | FS117 | 47th E & Ave F | 60th E & Ave G | #Lancaster | Single Engine Cessna, Mid Air collision. | At approx. 1:20 pm, #LACoFD units respond to 2 downed plans. 1 pilot pronounced DOA, one pilot reported no injuries.
— LA County Fire Department (@LACoFDPIO) September 22, 2024
It was reported that the pilot of the Another plane involved in the accident did not suffer any injuries..
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One of the two planes crashed on Avenue G near East 60th Streetthe LACoFD said, while the California Highway Patrol said the second aircraft collided near East 47th Street and Avenue F, about two miles apart.
In an update following the collision report, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) He said the accident involved two single-engine aircraft: a Nanchang CJ-6 and a Yakovlev Yak-52.
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It was not clear In which of the small planes was the pilot who died travelling? by the collision.
The federal entity said that The pilots were the only occupants in their respective aircraft.
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Officers from the Los Angeles County Fire Department, the California Highway Patrol and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department They are located at the places where they collapsed to carry out the relevant investigations..
In addition, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) also launched its own investigation to determine the cause of the accident.
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