California IN BRIEF : SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND : San Pedro Pilot Dies in Plane Crash
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A pilot working as a spotter for a commercial fishing boat died after his single-engine plane slammed into the center of the island, authorities said. Robert W. Bacon, 55, of San Pedro was flying solo when the Cessna 162 crashed on the island about 45 miles off the San Diego coast, U.S. Coast Guard Lt. Dan Mincher said. Bacon took off from Torrance Municipal Airport to find schools of fish for the San Diego-based vessel Santa Maria, Mincher said. When the pilot did not return, his business partner reported him missing. A Coast Guard Falcon jet HU-25A spotted the wreckage.
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