Academy Award-winning composer James Horner died as a result of blunt force trauma in a single-engine plane crash, Ventura County Deputy Medical Examiner Zeb Dunn told TheWrap Thursday. His death has been ruled an accident.
Horner, 61, was piloting a S-312 Tucano MK-1 turboprop when it crashed roughly 100 miles northwest of Los Angeles on Monday.
The crash sparked a one acre brush fire, Ventura County Fire Department Captain Mike Lindberry said shortly after the crash.
Officials from both the Ventura and Santa Barbara County fire departments responded to the crash. Photos taken by fire investigators showed small pieces of the plane and a large swath of charred grass.