Tigran Garabedyan Identified as Pilot Killed in Orcutt Plane Crash at Ralph Dunlap Elementary School

Orcutt, California (May 22, 2020) – Tigran Garabedyan, 38, of Burbank, has been identified as the pilot who was killed in a plane crash on Wednesday morning in Orcutt, according to authorities.

The crash happened at about 10:45 a.m., on May 20, at Ralph Dunlap Elementary School, which is located in the 1220 block of Oak Knoll Road.

At about 9:45 a.m., a Cirrus SR20 single-engine plane departed Van Nuys Airport and was en route to the Santa Maria Public Airport. For reasons still under investigation, the aircraft crashed into the school’s basketball courts and burst into flames, said the police.

The plane, which is reportedly registered in Newport Beach, was approaching the airport when it crashed.

Garabedyan, the pilot, died as a result of the accident.

An investigation by the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board into the accident is ongoing.

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