Pilot in fatal plane crash not yet identified

Coroner's officials said Sunday it will likely take days to positively identify a man who died at the scene of a small plane crash on the Rosemead border.
The plane crashed about 4:20 p.m. in the 5100 block of Walnut Grove Avenue, on the border between Rosemead and an unincorporated county area to the north, officials said.
The plane caught fire upon impact, and due to the charred condition of the body, it would likely take several days to identify the man, Los Angeles County Department of Coroner Investigator Christie McCracken said.
The plane is listed as being registered to David E. Flotho of Grants Pass, Ore.
Federal Aviation Administration officials said it hade taken off from Brackett Field Airport in La Verne and was heading to Van Nuys when it fell from the sky.
The dead man was the only person on-board the single-engine 1977 Beechcraft Bonanza when the pilot apparently tried to make an emergency landing along some train tracks and a market parking lot, sheriff's and fire officials said.
No one on the ground was injured, and nearby businesses suffered only minor damage, according to fire officials.
Federal authorities are investigating the cause of the crash.