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WAUWATOSA, Wis. (AP) — Authorities say a student pilot who crashed his small plane in a Wauwatosa neighborhood has died. Eighteen-year-old Daniel Perelman, of Brookfield, was practicing takeoffs and landings
Authorities say a student pilot who crashed his small plane in a Wauwatosa neighborhood has died. Eighteen-year-old Daniel Perelman, of Brookfield, was practicing takeoffs and landings Thursday from Timmerman Airport when his Cessna 152 went down in the backyard of a home. No one on the ground was hurt. Wauwatosa police say it was Perelman’s first solo flight. Police say he told the control tower he was having engine trouble prior to the crash. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the crash.