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Catalina Island Crash


What: Fixed-wing Beechcraft Bonanza aircraft which flew out of Orange County’s John Wayne Airport at 1:30 expecting to return at 4:50 p.m
Where: crashed in the rain on a remote Catalina Island hilltop near Mt. Orizaba, southwest of Catalina’s Airport in the Sky
When: Thursday
Who: Pilot Mark Hogland president of a Dana Point charter flight company,and passengers, an out-of-state man and woman: Marshall Goldberg, a 39 year-old Florida man and Amy Marie Judd, 24 years old of Idaho. There were no survivors.
Why: The flight failed to return to John Wayne Airport Thursday. On Friday, rescue teams discovered the wreckage. It is speculated that the rainy, foggy weather played a part, although the pilot was FAA qualified to fly on instruments.

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