Wednesday 2nd January 2013, around 4pm local:

Glen Philip Ray, 56 of Grover Beach died on Wednesday when the vintage
Luscombe 8A he was piloting crashed into the Oceano Dunes area south of
San Fransisco in California.

Link to crash details and bio - The San Luis Obispo Tribune:
http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2013/01/03/2345140/oceano-dunes-plane-crash.html