2 killed in Hesperia plane crash identified as father, stepson

Monday, June 18, 2018
HESPERIA, Calif. (KABC) -- The two people who were killed when a small plane crashed last week have been identified as a father and his stepson.

The family of 44-year-old Matthew Kaplan and his 15-year-old stepson Parker Gibson sent photos of the two to Eyewitness News. They said the two were headed from Hesperia to Torrance at the time of the crash.
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Neither had life insurance, and the family is raising money for funeral expenses through a GoFundMe account.

The crash occurred Friday evening on Summit Valley Road, just south of Hesperia Airport.
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The FAA is investigating what caused the plane to go down.
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