Pilot Who Crashed Into Yorba Linda Home NOT Retired Chicago Cop, Badge “Retirement Papers” Not His

YORBA LINDA, Calif. (KABC) — A Chicago Police Department badge and retirement papers found on Antonio Pastini after the Nevada man crashed a plane into a Yorba Linda, CA, home killing four inside, are not his and he was never a Chicago police officer, new reports say.

A Ruhenstroth resident and Carson City restaurant owner, Pastini, 75, of Gardnerville, Nevada was killed in the plane crash that set fire to a Yorba Linda home hosting a Super Bowl party. It is unknown why Pastini was in possession of the documents and badge.

The small plane lifted off from Fullerton Municipal Airport shortly after 1:30 p.m. Sunday. Authorities said the pilot flew the 1981 twin-engine Cessna 414A about 10 miles before he encountered some sort of midair issue. That’s when the plane crashed into a Yorba Linda neighborhood, reports ABC7.

Authorities said the aircraft climbed about 7,800 feet before making a sudden decline down. The Orange County Fire Authority said there were at least two active structure fires at the scene on Crestknoll Drive near Canyon Drive.

There was one home that suffered the most fire damage. Witnesses said when they ran outside, they saw that home immediately engulfed in flames.

In the home, four people were killed – two men and two women – and two others were hospitalized. The man flying the plane also died in the crash.

Original media reports claimed Pastini was a retired Chicago police officer from Gardnerville, Nevada.

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Geo quick facts: Gardnerville is an unincorporated town in Douglas County, Nevada, United States, adjacent to the county seat of Minden. The population was 5,656 at the 2010 census. U.S. Route 395 runs through the center of Gardnerville. State Route 207, known as Kingsbury Grade, connects Gardnerville to Stateline and U.S. Route 50 – Wikipedia.