Angel Flight West has identified the pilot killed in Tuesday’s crash in Palo Alto.
“Angel Flight West is devastated and deeply saddened to share that we lost one of our volunteer pilot Angels yesterday, W. John Spencer,” AFW wrote in an Instagram post.
Spencer was flying 49-year-old Nancy Dellamaria of Redding and her daughter, 16-year-old Chloe King from Redding to Palo Alto when his plane crashed near the runway.
Dellamaria and King are both recovering.
According to AFW, Spencer began volunteering as a pilot for the agency in 2014 and has served over 75 families with 125 donated flights.
“He will be greatly missed by the staff at Angel Flight West and his fellow volunteers,” the agency wrote.