Photograph caption dated August 23, 1982 reads, "A small plane sits atop two parked cars in West Los Angeles following a fatal crash yesterday. Kenneth Jackson, 50, the pilot of the Piper Comanche 250, was killed when his plane skimmed across a rooftop on South Edris Street and crashed into the two cars. Authorities believe Jackson of Los Angeles had been in touch with the Santa Monica airport control tower just before the plane went down. A witness, Kevin Shea, said, 'We heard a crash and came running out to find the plane on top of my dad's car.' Shea said he and his brother, Brian, attempted to free the Los Angeles city employee from the small plane. Jackson, however, apparently died just moments before paramedics arrived."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;29 x 36 cm. Photographic prints
Aircraft accidents--California--Los Angeles Airplanes--California--Los Angeles Automobiles--California--Los Angeles Fire fighters--California--Los Angeles Piper airplanes Debris--California--Los Angeles Streets--California--West Los Angeles (Los Angeles) Dwellings--California--West Los Angeles (Los Angeles) Architecture, Domestic--California--West Los Angeles (Los Angeles)--Spanish influences West Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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