Pilot killed in Sacramento plane crash identified as Bay Area dentist

Friday, August 4, 2017
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KGO) -- The pilot of a plane that crashed in Sacramento Thursday has been identified as a 71-year-old man from Foster City.


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Marshall Michaelian was a dentist known for giving free root canals in San Mateo.

His small plane crashed in Rio Linda and landed in a chicken coop after flying into power lines.

Witnesses said it looked like he was trying to make an emergency landing.
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NTSB officials are investigating what caused his plane to crash.

Michaelian leaves behind a wife and three kids.
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