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Missing Plane Wreckage Found on Coastal Bluff

Officials say the pilot was killed in the crash shortly after takeoff.

The wreckage of an Arizona-bound airplane that disappeared after taking off from the Half Moon Bay Airport on Monday was found on a coastal bluff west of the airport this afternoon, a sheriff spokeswoman said.

The single-engine Aeropro CZ A240 appears to have crashed near Seal Cove shortly after departing for Marana, Ariz., at 5:50 a.m. Monday, San Mateo County sheriff's spokeswoman Rebecca Rosenblatt said.

The pilot was killed in the crash, and the San Mateo County coroner's office was responding to the scene, Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor said.

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The wreckage was found by search-and-rescue crews just after noon, and investigators from the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board are heading to the crash site, Rosenblatt said.

--Bay City News

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According to the Half Moon Bay Review, the pilot was Andrew Hayden, 75, of Florida.

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