Police: Pilot in Fatal California Crash Had Fake Records

Police: Pilot in Fatal California Crash Had Fake Records
A National Transportation Safety Board worker takes a photo of an engine that came to rest against a house on Crestknoll Dr. in Yorba Linda, Calif., on Feb. 4, 2019. Paul Bersebach/The Orange County Register via AP
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LOS ANGELES—The man piloting a small plane that broke apart over a Southern California neighborhood had false credentials identifying him as a retired Chicago police officer, authorities said Feb. 5.

Antonio Pastini was killed when the twin-engine plane broke up shortly after takeoff and fell in pieces in Yorba Linda, igniting a fire in a home where four people died on Sunday. The cause of the crash has not been determined.