"Chigurupati had taken off from Reid-Hillview Airport, in San Jose, shortly after 3 p.m. that day. Less than an hour later, he made a distress call saying that the plane's controls were not working. For three hours, as his fuel level dropped, he flew an erratic path over Santa Nella and Los Banos, followed by another small plane whose pilot was reportedly attempting to give him support, radar tracking images show."
"Around 7 p.m., Chigurupati's plane crashed in a field near Interstate 5, and he was killed; nobody else was injured, the sheriff's office said. The National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration are investigating the accident, the sheriff's office said. Chigurupati's online obituary says he grew up in Ohio, earned an engineering degree from Ohio State University and was working as an engineer at Nvidia."
Mahesh Chigurupati, 31, was the sole occupant of a single-engine Cessna that went down south of Los Banos on Aug. 26. He took off from Reid-Hillview Airport in San Jose shortly after 3 p.m. Less than an hour later he made a distress call reporting that the plane's controls were not working. For about three hours, with fuel dropping, he flew an erratic path over Santa Nella and Los Banos while another small plane reportedly followed to offer support. Around 7 p.m. the plane crashed in a field near Interstate 5, killing Chigurupati; no one else was injured. The NTSB and FAA are investigating. Chigurupati grew up in Ohio, held an engineering degree from Ohio State University, and worked as an engineer at Nvidia.
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