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One of two people who died when a small plane crashed at a San Diego airfield earlier this week was identified Thursday as a 45-year-old man. Roger Shimizu died at the scene of the crash late Monday afternoon at Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport, the county Medical Examiner’s office said. His city of residence was not immediately available. The identity of the second person in the crash remained pending. The four-seat Cessna 172 may have stalled before it hit the ground, according to a brief preliminary report the Federal Aviation Administration posted earlier this week.
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One of two people who died when a small plane crashed at a San Diego airfield earlier this week was identified Thursday as a 45-year-old man. Roger Shimizu died at the scene of the crash late Monday afternoon at Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport, the county Medical Examiner’s office said. His city of residence was not immediately available. The identity of the second person in the crash remained pending. The four-seat Cessna 172 may have stalled before it hit the ground, according to a brief preliminary report the Federal Aviation Administration posted earlier this week.
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