Monday, August 13, 2018

The pilot Scott Watson of Marina Del Rey, 55, was killed when a 1980 Beech A36TC Bonanza single-engine aircraft crashed into a field near Interstate 5 in Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley.



Scott Frazier Watson (credit: CBS). He was the owner of the plane that crashed and killed him. Scott Frazier Watson has filed for patents to protect several inventions.


SYLMAR, CA (CBSLA) — 


Federal investigators will comb through the wreckage Monday of a small plane that crashed into a Sylmar field, killing the pilot.

Scott Frazier Watson, 55, of Marina Del Rey, was killed when his plane crashed into a field right alongside the 5 Freeway in Sylmar Sunday afternoon. The father of three was pronounced dead at the scene.

Several motorists on the freeway reportedly stopped and ran down the freeway to try to help the pilot before emergency services arrived. Traffic on the northbound 5 and 405 freeways ground to a slow crawl because the crash could be seen from the freeway.



Watson’s daughter, Katie, said her father had his pilot’s license for about 15 to 20 years and that he was returning home to the Van Nuys Airport from a weekend trip.

Watson, who was called by relatives as a computer genius who worked his way up to become head of technology for Disney Engineering, had made a mayday call for help, but it’s not known what was wrong with the plane.

Officials from the National Transportation Safety Board and the FAA will be on the scene Monday to look through the wreckage of the plane.



For being such a genius, he did not know that flying single engine planes is very dangerous.  Why take such risks, buddy when you obviously have all the money in the world?

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The pilot of a small plane who died after the aircraft crashed in the Sylmar area on Sunday afternoon has been identified by the L.A. County coroner as a 55-year-old man.

Scott Watson of Marina Del Rey was the pilot who crashed in a field near the northbound 5 Freeway and Roxford Street, authorities said.

Preliminary information indicates that the single-engine Beechcraft BE33 crashed under unknown circumstances in the field located about 5 miles east of Van Nuys Airport around 1:45 p.m., according to Ian Gregor, a spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration.

The pilot, only identified as a man, was initially trapped in the wreckage but was later freed and declared dead at the scene, an LAFD alert stated.

Witnesses said it appeared that the pilot was trying to land along a nearby freeway just before crashing into the field.

Will Markgraf, who heard the deadly crash, said it sounded like fireworks going off or gunshots being fired. Once the plane was down, he said, several people ran over to the scene.

"There was a mass of people," he said. "There were about 30, 40 people just surrounding the crash site."

It appears that no one else was on board the plane, and no other injuries were reported, according to the Fire Department.

The FAA and National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the incident, Gregor said.

No other details were immediately available.


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LOS ANGELES, CA (AP) —


Authorities say the pilot was killed when a small, single-engine aircraft crashed into a field near Interstate 5 in Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley.

Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Brian Humphrey says the plane, a Beechcraft A320, went down shortly before 2 p.m. Sunday. Humphrey says the pilot, the only person on board, was killed.

No one on the ground was injured and no structures were damaged.

Cause of the crash was not immediately known and the pilot's identity was not released.

Humphrey says the National Transportation Safety Board will be investigating.

The plane went down in an open field in Los Angeles' Sylmar neighborhood, in the northeast corner of the San Fernando Valley.

The pilot was described as an adult male.

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Patents by Inventor Scott Frazier Watson
Scott Frazier Watson has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
  • Patent number: 10025174
    Abstract: A multi-theater light source for two or more 3D projectors positioned in differing spaces. The apparatus includes a first light source outputting light to display left eye content, and the apparatus includes a second light source outputting light for use by the projectors to display right eye content. The apparatus includes a switching device that receives the light output from the first and second light sources and switches between first and second operating states to route the left and right eye light. In the first operating state, the switching device directs the light from the first light source toward a first projector and the light output from the second light source toward a second projector. In the second operating state, the switching device directs the light output from the first light source toward the second projector and the light output from the second light source toward the first projectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Tracey Tait, Quinn Y. Smithwick, Steven T. Kosakura, Mark A. Reichow, Scott Frazier Watson
  • Publication number: 20180008897
    Abstract: A system for providing an interactive experience for multiple game-players. The experience is provided in a light-controlled setting where the game-players may wear or hold one or more of various toys (e.g., gloves). The system detects and recognizes the toy along with gestures and pointing efforts performed by the game-player and the system generates an effect based on the type of toy and the type of gesture. The system also generates one or more visual targets that are visible to the game-player such as projections, holograms, and displays of one or more of various fantasy virtual adversaries. The generated effects may include any combination of sensory effects including visual, audio, tactile, and smell/taste. The generated effect may be directed based on the pointing efforts of the game-player. The system may then register the effect on the target, if the pointing efforts intersect with the virtual location of the target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Inventors: JONATHAN ACKLEY, CHRISTOPHER J. PURVIS, SCOTT FRAZIER WATSON, MARK A. REICHOW, KYLE PRESTENBACK
  • Patent number: 9216745
    Abstract: A method for providing shared control over movement of a vehicle within a space. The method includes receiving user input related to a velocity and a direction for the vehicle within the space. The method includes processing the user input to selectively adjust the velocity and the direction desired by the user based on a set of predefined constraints to generate a trajectory for the vehicle for an upcoming time period. The method includes operating drive mechanisms in the vehicle based on the trajectory to move the vehicle from a first position to a second position within the space during the upcoming time period. A grid map defining locations of obstacles in the space may be used to define the trajectory to avoid collisions, and a guidance trajectory may be used to further control movement to achieve a desired throughput and control vehicle movement within particular portions of the space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventors: Paul A. Beardsley, Scott Frazier Watson, Javier Alonso-Mora
  • Publication number: 20150284010
    Abstract: A method for providing shared control over movement of a vehicle within a space. The method includes receiving user input related to a velocity and a direction for the vehicle within the space. The method includes processing the user input to selectively adjust the velocity and the direction desired by the user based on a set of predefined constraints to generate a trajectory for the vehicle for an upcoming time period. The method includes operating drive mechanisms in the vehicle based on the trajectory to move the vehicle from a first position to a second position within the space during the upcoming time period. A grid map defining locations of obstacles in the space may be used to define the trajectory to avoid collisions, and a guidance trajectory may be used to further control movement to achieve a desired throughput and control vehicle movement within particular portions of the space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Applicant: DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventors: PAUL A. BEARDSLEY, SCOTT FRAZIER WATSON, JAVIER ALONSO-MORA
  • Patent number: 8345171
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for changing digital broadcast channels. In one implementation, upon receiving a request for switching to a new channel in a digital broadcast receiving device, the device switches from a power saving mode, in which the device processes time-slices only for the currently selected broadcast channel, to a channel changing mode, in which broadcast data is buffered for more than one broadcast channels in anticipation of channel surfing. In another implementation, the user's perception of the channel change delay is mitigated by displaying channel information about the newly selected channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Frazier Watson, Gary Todd Masilko
  • Patent number: 8286907
    Abstract: An apparatus for use as a flying entertainment vehicle. The apparatus includes a lift system, such as a parawing, that is inflated by air to generate lift and further includes a vehicle frame attached to the lift system such as by suspension lines that also space the lift system apart from the vehicle frame. The apparatus includes a thrust assembly supported on the vehicle frame that is operable to propel the vehicle at a flight speed at which the lift system is operated, e.g., the parawing is inflated, to generate lift to suspend the vehicle frame above the ground. The apparatus includes show elements that may be supported on or by the vehicle frame and be configured to be lift neutral. The show elements function to distract observers away from the lift system such as by appearing to provide the lift or features that cause the vehicle frame to fly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony Paul Dohi, Scott Frazier Watson, Robert Scott Trowbridge
  • Patent number: 8282101
    Abstract: An interactive entertainment system that includes a universal puzzle piece for each game or activity participant. The puzzle piece includes an updatable display displaying a first graphic image. The system includes an interactive display device with a display surface with an update mechanism that is operable such as by a controller, when the puzzle piece is in a predefined proximate position, to program the updatable display to update the first graphic image into a second graphic image. The updatable display includes an electrophoretic display layer storing the second graphic image. A transparent electrode layer is provided on a first side of the electrophoretic display layer. The update mechanism includes a puzzle piece update pad for receiving a second side of the electrophoretic display. The update pad includes a conductor layer or bottom conductor providing an electrical connection with the second side to provide the update to the first graphic image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Jon Hayes Snoddy, Lanny S. Smoot, Scott Frazier Watson
  • Publication number: 20120196661
    Abstract: An interactive entertainment system that includes a universal puzzle piece for each game or activity participant. The puzzle piece includes an updatable display displaying a first graphic image. The system includes an interactive display device with a display surface with an update mechanism that is operable such as by a controller, when the puzzle piece is in a predefined proximate position, to program the updatable display to update the first graphic image into a second graphic image. The updatable display includes an electrophoretic display layer storing the second graphic image. A transparent electrode layer is provided on a first side of the electrophoretic display layer. The update mechanism includes a puzzle piece update pad for receiving a second side of the electrophoretic display. The update pad includes a conductor layer or bottom conductor providing an electrical connection with the second side to provide the update to the first graphic image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventors: Jon Hayes Snoddy, Lanny S. Smoot, Scott Frazier Watson
  • Publication number: 20110173667
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for changing digital broadcast channels. In one implementation, upon receiving a request for switching to a new channel in a digital broadcast receiving device, the device switches from a power saving mode, in which the device processes time-slices only for the currently selected broadcast channel, to a channel changing mode, in which broadcast data is buffered for more than one broadcast channels in anticipation of channel surfing. In another implementation, the user's perception of the channel change delay is mitigated by displaying channel information about the newly selected channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventors: Scott Frazier Watson, Gary Todd Masilko
  • Patent number: 7971070
    Abstract: A recorder system contains a media key block (MKB) and selectively writes protected content into a recording medium according to the following content protection logic, to combat theft of the protected content: If the medium does not have a MKB, then the recorder writes its stored MKB into the medium and writes protected content into the medium. If the medium has a MKB that is older than the stored MKB in the recorder, then the recorder writes its stored MKB into the medium before re-encrypting and writing protected content into the medium. If the medium has a MKB that is newer than the stored MKB, then the MKB in the medium is used for content protection. The recorder may store the newer MKB in non-volatile memory, effectively updating its previous stored MKB, so the recorder will have the most recently observed MKB for content protection use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignees: International Business Machines Corporation, Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Bruce Lotspiech, Scott Frazier Watson
  • Patent number: 7929059
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for changing digital broadcast channels. In one implementation, upon receiving a request for switching to a new channel in a digital broadcast receiving device, the device switches from a power saving mode, in which the device processes time-slices only for the currently selected broadcast channel, to a channel changing mode, in which broadcast data is buffered for more than one broadcast channels in anticipation of channel surfing. In another implementation, the user's perception of the channel change delay is mitigated by displaying channel information about the newly selected channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Frazier Watson, Gary Todd Masilko
  • Publication number: 20100282896
    Abstract: An apparatus for use as a flying entertainment vehicle. The apparatus includes a lift system, such as a parawing, that is inflated by air to generate lift and further includes a vehicle frame attached to the lift system such as by suspension lines that also space the lift system apart from the vehicle frame. The apparatus includes a thrust assembly supported on the vehicle frame that is operable to propel the vehicle at a flight speed at which the lift system is operated, e.g., the parawing is inflated, to generate lift to suspend the vehicle frame above the ground. The apparatus includes show elements that may be supported on or by the vehicle frame and be configured to be lift neutral. The show elements function to distract observers away from the lift system such as by appearing to provide the lift or features that cause the vehicle frame to fly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2010
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventors: Anthony Paul Dohi, Scott Frazier Watson, Robert Scott Trowbridge
 
 
 
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Narrative:
The aircraft impacted open fields near Sylmar, California, north of Van Nuys Airport (KVNY). The aircraft sustained substantial damage and the sole pilot onboard was fatally injured.

Sources:
https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Pilot-killed-when-single-engine-plane-crashes-in-13150609.php
https://abc7.com/1-dead-after-small-plane-crashes-into-field-in-sylmar/3940928/
https://ktla.com/2018/08/12/pilot-dies-after-small-plane-crashes-in-sylmar-area-officials/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sylmar-los-angeles-small-airplane-crash-today-2018-08-12/
https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/california/Plane-Crashes-Near-Freeway-Sylmar-490678141.html
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https://www.google.com/maps?oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari&um=1&ie=UTF-8&fb=1&gl=us&entry=s&sa=X&ll=34.2990841,-118.4722968&z=13&ftid=0x80c28fe2fb4458e3:0x6b65c2e96a5fdff9&q=12600+Encinitas+Ave,+Sylmar,+CA+91342&gmm=CgIgAQ%3D%3D&ved=2ahUKEwi30_S5x-jcAhX4JDQIHawoDzwQ8gEwAHoECAsQAQ
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=136RM
http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/000713800L.html

Date:12-AUG-2018
Time:13:45 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic B36T model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Beech A36TC Bonanza
Owner/operator:Private
Registration: N136RM
C/n / msn: EA97
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Location:Sylmar, San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles County, CA -   United States of America
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Unknown
Departure airport:
Destination airport: