The Coast News, November 24, 2023

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Pilot ID’d in crash Plane loses fuel before fatal hillside collision in La Jolla

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REGION — A Carlsbad physicist has been identified as the pilot who was killed when his small private aircraft crashed into a residential hillside last week in La Jolla. The San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed this week that Michael M. Salour, 74, of Carlsbad, was the lone fatality in the collision. According to Federal Aviation Administration records, Salour was the registered owner of the fixed-wing single-engine Cessna P210 that crashed into a hilltop around 9:30 p.m. on Nov. 15, roughly 100 yards away from several homes and condos in the La Jolla Shores Heights neighborhood. Law enforcement reported that Salour was the only person found on board the craft and he was pronounced dead at the scene. The cause of death was multiple blunt-force injuries and the manner of death was determined to be an accident, a spokesperson with the Medical Examiner’s Office said. According to his personal website, Salour, who earned his masters and doctoral degrees in physics at Harvard University under Dutch-American physicist and Nobel laureate Nicolaas Bloembergen, is also a highly experienced pilot, reportedly logging over 17,700 hours of flight time. Salour has a federal airline transport pilot license from the FAA and certifications in larger transport and passenger aircraft, the website says. Salour also holds senior-level flight certifications as an engineer

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A SINGLE-ENGINE Cessna plane crashed into a residential hillside on Nov. 15 in La Jolla. The pilot killed in the crash has been identified as Carlsbad resident Michael M. Salour. Photo by Jordan P. Ingram

and instructor and is deemed a technical expert “thoroughly familiar with the operation and function of various airplane components.” Salour is the founder of several companies headquartered in Carlsbad, including Linkatel, Tactical Air Navigation (TACAN) and Integrated Photonic Technologies (IPITEK), specializing in manufacturing and servicing fiber-optic-based technology for the defense and aerospace industries, as well as numerous U.S. government agencies.

‘Tragic accident’

During a press briefing on Nov. 16 near the crash site, the National Transportation Safety INVESTIGATORS examined the crash site on Nov. 16 in La Jolla. The Board said it was continuing to NTSB small aircraft was relocated for further analysis. The agency expects a TURN TO CRASH ON 37

preliminary report on the crash in two weeks. Photo by Jordan P. Ingram

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VISTA — A murder charge was dismissed this week against an Oceanside woman whose newborn died after she gave birth alone at her apartment. Prosecutors contended Kelsey Carpenter, 33, failed to properly care for her infant girl following her unattended home birth in November 2020. They alleged Carpenter wanted to avoid going to a hospital as she feared her baby would be removed from her custody due to drug use, as had occurred with her other children. However, an updated state law that went into effect this year held that women could not be criminally liable for the outcome of certain decisions affecting their pregnancy, including whether they decided to have a home birth TURN TO DEATH ON 9

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