Crime & Safety
Sonoma Co. Coroner IDs Man Who Died in Plane Accident
The pilot was a 51-year-old Petaluma resident.
The Sonoma County coroner’s office has identified a pilot who died in a plane crash last Friday near Petaluma as 51-year-old David Michael Wright.
Wright, a Petaluma resident, was flying an ultra-light aircraft when it crashed in the area of Browns Lane in unincorporated Sonoma County east of Petaluma around 12:30 p.m. Friday, Sonoma County sheriff’s officials said.
Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor said the aircraft was an experimental Quicksilver MXL II. Wright was the only person aboard the aircraft, Gregor said.
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The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the crash, he said.
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