1 Dead After Plane Crash In Beverly Glen Area

LOS ANGELES — A person was found dead after a plane crash Saturday in the Beverly Glen area, according to authorities.

Air traffic control notified emergency personnel around 8 p.m. that they had lost radar contact with a small, single-engine airplane believed to be traveling between Santa Monica and Van Nuys, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.

The plane lost contact in a fog-shrouded and mountainous region near Stone Canyon Road and Mulholland Drive, the fire department said. After about an hour of searching, a helicopter localized a signal from an aircraft radio beacon near Beverly Glen Terrace and Beverly Glen Boulevard, according to the department.

Firefighters worked with air traffic controllers, the U.S. Air Force and the pilot’s cellphone carrier to find the plane, which was eventually located around 11:20 p.m. on a steep hillside above a home in the 3000 block of Beverly Glen Circle with one deceased person at the scene, the department said.