India, Sept. 30 -- Israeli actor and pilot Guy Kapulnik, 46, killed last week in a light aircraft crash in California, according to statement from his family.

Kapulnik, a resident of Moshav Karmei Yosef, died alongside Taylor Laska, 33, in the incident that occurred in proximity to Hesperia Airport in southern California.

The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board of the United States are conducting an official investigation into the incident. However, the underlying cause remains undisclosed at this time.

"Guy was a man of action, curiosity, and adventure. An actor and creator, a skipper and seaman. Throughout his life, he moved between the stage and the camera, the sea and the skies, and dared again ...