CORONA: Engine trouble during landing approach precipitated crash

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BY RICHARD BROOKS

A pilot already was in the landing pattern at Corona Municipal Airport when he developed the engine trouble that caused him to crash, federal accident investigators say.

The 1978 Piper Tomahawk clipped a tree, swooped beneath a power line and hit a fence at 12:15 p.m. Oct. 13, according to a preliminary report by…

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