Local News in Brief : Airport Official Hurt in Light Plane Crash
Amember of the Burbank Airport Authority was slightly injured when his small plane crashed into a fence at Whiteman Airport in Pacoima early Thursday, Los Angeles Fire Department officials said.
Leland Ayers, 54, who is also a former Burbank City Council member, suffered only a minor facial cut after his single-engine Beechcraft lost power and crash-landed at about 6:30 a.m., said Fire Department spokesman Jim Wells.
Ayers, who has been flying about 30 years, was treated by paramedics at the scene and released shortly after the accident, Wells said.
The plane’s wheel was damaged, the spokesman said. The Federal Aviation Administration will investigate.
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