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Title: Small plane carries Los Angeles police officer to his death
Alternative Title: Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Creator: Cicero, Dave
Date Created and/or Issued: 1967
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information: Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description: Photograph caption dated April 16, 1967 reads, "Residents of the area inspect wreckage of a single-motored Cessna 150 which crashed into a mountain near Highway 14 in Newhall Pass yesterday. The pilot, Richard L. Burke, 22, of Sylmar, a member of Los Angeles police force less than a year, was killed. His passenger, Gary Krystof, 18, of 12067 Foothill Blvd., Van Nuys, was reported in good condition. Burke had taken off from Van Nuys Airport at 6 a.m. A motorist spotted the wreckage."
Type: Image
Format: 1 photographic print :b&w ;24 x 30 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00093992
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 1140
CARL0005027904
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/29287
Subject: Aircraft accidents--California--Newhall
Aircraft accident victims--California--Newhall
Airplanes--California--Newhall
Debris--California--Newhall
Newhall (Calif.)
Santa Clarita (Calif.)
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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