A plane crash that killed one person just south of the Santa Clarita Valley in Chatsworth on Saturday is currently under investigation by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), officials said.
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Posted by KHTS Radio on Saturday, June 15, 2019
At around 2:55 p.m. Saturday, an aircraft crash was reported near Limekiln Canyon Road and Sesnon Boulevard just south of the Santa Clarita Valley, according to officials.
SCV Search and Rescue team deployed on Saturday, June 15 to assist in the recovery and investigation of a downed aircraft in the uninc. Newhall area, 2 miles north of Porter Ranch. Ongoing investigation by FAA and NTSB. pic.twitter.com/jsfm1rYMiF
— SCV Sheriff (@SCVSHERIFF) June 16, 2019
Witnesses on scene described the aircraft as a, “single-engine, propeller-driven, fixed-wing two-seat airplane.”
The vintage aircraft, a Chinese-made military trainer aircraft designed in 1958, crashed into a canyon under unknown circumstances, officials said. There was no fire associated with the crash.
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Units with the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) were initially dispatched, but once the exact location was determined to be in Chatsworth, units from the Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACoFD) were dispatched as it fell under their jurisdiction, according to LACoFD Supervisor Cheryl Sims.
The identity of the pilot has not been made public as of Sunday afternoon. The crash is being investigated by both the National Transportation Safety Board and the FAA.
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