Bio & Incident Details
Age: 40
Tour: 9 years
Badge # Not available
Cause: Aircraft accident
Incident Date: 4/15/1957
Weapon: Not available
Suspect: Not available
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Sergeant Corbell and Raymond Willis, a civilian polygraph technician for the department, were killed in an airplane accident while searching for a downed plane near Malibu. The plane Sergeant Corbell was piloting experienced engine trouble and he attempted to land at an emergency landing strip in Puerco Canyon. During the landing the plane struck a ridge and burst into flames, crashing only 500-feet from the landing strip.
Sergeant Corbell had been with the agency for nine years and was assigned to the AERO Bureau.
