Two pilots were killed Thursday in separate plane crashes in Southern California, according to The Los Angeles Times.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-0702-plane-crashes-20100702,0,1696979.story
In one of the accidents, a single-engine Cesna 152 plane crashed onto the Penmar Golf Course in Venice, Calif. The pilot was pronounced dead at the scene, and there were no passengers.
In the second plane crash, a man flying near Catalina’s Airport in the Sky reported that he might be experiencing a heart attack. The pilot didn’t think he could make it to a runway.
Just minutes later the plane, a single-engine Cessna 182P, crashed about two miles from the airport, starting a fire in the brush. Roughly 20 acres caught fire, and 100 firefighters and three helicopters were brought in to fight the blaze.
The firefighters were eventually able to get to the plane and recover the body of the pilot.