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An experimental Van's RV-8, kit built by David B. Lunn, crashed and caught fire shortly after takeoff from Corona Municipal Airport (KAJO), Corona, California.
The sole pilot died and the aircraft was destroyed by fire.
https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/348884
https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/small-plane-crashes-in-corona-neighborhood-leaving-1-person-inside-plane-dead/
https://abc7.com/corona-plane-crash-auburndale-street-w-rincon/14193207/
https://www.foxla.com/news/1-dead-in-small-plane-crashes-into-tree-in-corona
Probably originally done to make themselve unattractive to slave traders.