THE PILOT KILLED FRIDAY IN A PLANE CRASH IN GRANT COUNTY HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED … DR. PETER HOCHLA, A RETIRED AIR FORCE COLONEL DIED FRIDAY EVENING. STATE POLICE SAY DR. HOCHLA'S PLANE CRASHED OUTSIDE OF ARENAS VALLEY. HOCHLA AND HIS THREE PASSENGERS, ALL STUDENTS FROM A NEARBY CHARTER SCHOOL DIED IN THE CRASH. INVESTIGATORS WITH THE FAA ARE STILL LOOKING INTO WHAT HAPPENED. HOCHLA WORKED AS A PSYCHIATRIST AT THE ALBUQUERQUE V-A. ITS UNKNOWN WHY THE CHARTER SCHOOL KIDS WERE ON THE PLANE WHEN IT WENT DOWN.
