Desert Crash Kills Pilot; Passenger Survives
From Times Staff Writers
An Anaheim man was fatally injured Friday when his single-engine plane crashed in the high desert, authorities said.
Kenneth Eugene Brock, 69, was pronounced dead at 4:23 p.m., San Bernardino County coroner’s officials said. His wife, who was a passenger in the plane, was rescued from the wreckage with minor injuries, officials said. Her name was not released.
Brock was trying to land on a dirt strip in El Mirage Dry Lake at 3:40 p.m. when a rear wheel broke and the plane flipped over, officials said.
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