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Motorized Ultralight Aircraft Pilot Dies In Santa Barbara County Crash

(Photo by John Palminteri)
The pilot of a small ultralight aircraft was killed when it crashed shortly after takeoff Tuesday morning from Santa Barbara Airport

Authorities are trying to figure out what led to the crash of an ultralight aircraft into a Santa Barbara County apartment complex, killing its pilot.

The small craft had just taken off from Santa Barbara Airport at around 10 a.m. Tuesday when it went down near Hollister Avenue and Los Carneros Road in Goleta.

It struck a carport and a parked vehicle. The pilot was pronounced dead at the scene. His name hasn’t been released yet.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral. 
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