Police: Pilot in fatal California crash had fake records

Authorities say the 75-year-old man piloting a small plane that broke apart over a Yorba Linda neighborhood had false credentials identifying him as a retired Chicago police officer.

Antonio Pastini was killed when the twin-engine plane broke up shortly after takeoff and fell in pieces igniting a fire in a home where four people died on Sunday. The cause of the crash hasn’t been determined.

Pastini was initially identified as a retired officer but Chicago police said there were no records of him working for the department.

Chicago police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said in an email to The Associated Press the credentials found at the crash site included false retirement papers and a police badge bearing the same number as a badge reported lost in 1978. Orange County sheriff's spokeswoman Carrie Braun says the credentials weren’t legitimate but the pilot was indeed Pastini. The victims inside the home have yet to be publicly identified.

Pastini's daughter, Julia Ackley, said her father's birth name was Jordan Isaacson, but she didn't say why he changed it. She wouldn't address the police credentials.