CBS Los Angeles reports that the crash happened just before 2 a.m. on Thursday morning. El Centro is approximately 113 miles east of San Diego, The helicopter was with the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing out of the Miramar air station in San Diego, according to a base press statement. Investigators are examining wreckage and damaged homes in a Southern California neighborhood where a small plane crashed after breaking up in … A pilot killed along with four people when a small plane crashed in a Southern California neighborhood was not a retired Chicago police officer, as initially identified, authorities said Tuesday.The Chicago Police Department has no record of Antonio Pastini, 75, ever working in the city, department spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said in an email.Pastini was killed Sunday when the twin-engine plane he was piloting broke up in flight shortly after takeoff and fell in pieces on the Orange County community of Yorba Linda, igniting a fire in a home where four people — still not identified — were killed.Witnesses said the plane came out of the clouds in one piece and “then they saw the tail breaking off and then the wing breaking off and then something like smoke before the airplane impacted the ground,” said Maja Smith, an investigator with the National Transportation Safety Board.Those witnesses did not report an explosion while the twin-engine propeller-driven Cessna 414A was in the air, she said.Pastini had been identified Monday as a retired Chicago officer residing in Gardnerville, Nevada, by the Orange County Sheriff’s Department.Coroner’s investigators recovered credentials from Pastini after the crash that appeared to identify him as a retired Chicago officer, sheriff’s spokeswoman Carrie Braun said.Discussions with the Chicago department later determined the credentials were not legitimate, Braun said.The identification of the pilot as Antonio Pastini was not in question.Aircraft that break apart while flying leave “fingerprints” — tell-tale signs — in the metal that will allow investigators to “build a sequence of the breakup that will lead them back to where it originated,” said John Cox, a former commercial pilot and crash investigator who’s head of the consulting firm Safety Operating Systems.Authorities were trying to identify the people who died in the house, describing them only as two males and two females. Corona, CA 2 Die Including Civil Air Patrol Cadet Fight Instructor in Crash of American Aviation AA-1A Aircraft, Jul 2011 Corona, CA Two Seater Airplane Hit by Train, Aug 1957 Cressy, CA Air Force B-52 Jet Crash… DNA may be required because of the condition of the bodies.The plane came down “in multiple pieces, about four or five pieces, with a long trail of smoke,” said Kyle Vanderheide, 25, who was driving when he spotted it overhead.Shawn Winch, 49, said he was in his backyard when he heard what “sounded like a missile coming at my house.” He said he saw the plane veer off and debris falling.“It wasn’t intact,” he said about the plane as it came toward the neighborhood.Debris from the plane was strewn throughout a street. AirCal (Air California) was the airlines that Orange County called its own. Two pilots were killed Wednesday after a pair of crop duster planes collided in midair over a rice field in Sutter County, authorities said. Summit Mall's theater will reopen Friday.Businesses in Carson City show support for The Greenhouse ProjectReno 1868 FC remains undefeated against Tacoma; beats Defiance 2-1 SaturdayReno 1868 FC remains undefeated against Tacoma; beats Defiance 2-1 SaturdayThere 65 recoveries, giving Washoe County 4,548 recoveries, and 36 new cases, giving the county 5,792 total cases.Caltrans is testing the recycled water bottles on highways throughout the state to see if it is a substitute for traditional asphalt.The suspect recovered and was issued citations for obstructing a peace officer and reckless driving.Police could only describe the suspect as having long hair, about 6 feet to 6 feet, 2 inches tall and wearing a gray shirt.Gardnerville man killed in plane crash was not Chicago copReno 1868 FC remains undefeated against Tacoma; beats Defiance 2-1 SaturdayReno 1868 FC remains undefeated against Tacoma; beats Defiance 2-1 SaturdayCalifornia tests recycled plastic water bottles as asphalt replacementVideo: Reno police officer’s gun fired after officer accidentally hit by Taser