Pilot in Yorba Linda crash was a former Chicago cop and veteran aviator, daughter says
Peter Knudson, a media relations specialist with the National Transportation Safety Board, left, and air safety investigator Ricardo Asensio review pieces of a Cessna airplane that crashed into a Yorba Linda home. Five people, including pilot Antonio Pastini, were killed.
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Maja Smith, an investigator with the National Transportation Safety Board, and air safety investigator Ricardo Asensio inspect pieces of a Cessna airplane that crashed into a Yorba Linda home.
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Air safety investigator Ricardo Asensio inspects the propeller and other pieces from a Cessna airplane outside a Yorba Linda home.
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Workers from Air Transport of Phoenix remove airplane wreckage from the roof of a Yorba Linda home.
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Mary Leef describes seeing the Cessna aircraft explode in the air to Peter Knudson, a National Transportation Safety Board media relations specialist.
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Workers remove airplane wreckage from a home in Yorba Linda.
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Maja Smith, an investigator with the National Transportation Safety Board, right, speaks during a news conference in Yorba Linda.
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Firefighters tackle a structural blaze caused by a plane crash in Yorba Linda on Sunday.
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