Pilot Killed in La Jolla Airplane Crash ID’d as Esteemed Physicist

Published on November 21, 2023

SAN DIEGO—Authorities Nov. 20 released the name of a Carlsbad physicist and experienced pilot who was killed last week when the light airplane he was flying crashed on a La Jolla hillside during a rainstorm. Michael Salour, 74, was piloting a Cessna P210 Centurion from the San Francisco Bay Area to McClellan-Palomar Airport in Carlsbad on Nov. 15 evening when he was diverted to Montgomery Field due to inclement weather, according to the San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office. After making an aborted attempt to land at the Kearny Mesa airport, Mr. Salour continued flying to the northwest along the coast amid fog and rain, officials said. At about 9:30 p.m., he radioed that the plane was running out of fuel, after which flight controllers lost contact with him....

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