Authorities ID flight instructor killed in plane crash at Montgomery-Gibbs airport

One of two men who died in a fatal plane crash at a San Diego airport on Labor Day was a licensed pilot and flight instructor who used his multilingual skills to help aviation students from other places who wanted to learn to fly in the U.S., his family said. Frederic Hewett, 37, was identified by the county Medical Examiner’s Office Monday as the second person onboard the Cessna 172 that crashed shortly before 5:30 p.m. on Sept. Earlier, the office had identified Roger Shimizu, 45, as being killed in the fiery crash. A person by that name was listed in federal records as obtaining a student pilot certificate in May.

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