Pilot, 77, walks away after plane crashes near Whiteman Airport in Pacoima

A 77-year-old pilot was able to walk away after a small airplane veered off the runway and crashed into a parking lot at Whiteman Airport on Tuesday morning.

Crews from the Los Angeles Fire Department were dispatched to the incident near Osborne Street in Pacoima at about 9:11 a.m.

Fire officials initially reported the downed plane was a Cessna, but KTLA’s Rich Prickett, reporting from Sky5 at 9:45 a.m., said it may have been an experimental aircraft…

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