Jason Martin Glazier was a 53-year-old flight instructor last seen on Catalina Island on May 28, 2016. He departed Catalina Airport about 1:00 p.m. in a four-seater single-engine Cessna 172N, tail number N739ZE, with a 50-year-old student, Edmond Haronian, bound for Van Nuys. Radar showed the aircraft flying north but tracking stopped about three minutes after takeoff when it was roughly five miles from the airport; the plane’s transponder had been turned off so altitude data were not available.

An oil slick was later reported near the spot where radar contact ended, but neither Glazier, Haronian, nor the aircraft have been located. The U.S. Coast Guard searched and later suspended operations after finding no signs. A death certificate was issued for Haronian, and in 2018 his family sued Glazier’s employers, Encore Flight Corp and Encore Flight Academy, and the plane’s owner, Libra Air Inc., alleging Glazier had a history of reckless flying and a criminal record. Glazier remains officially missing and the case is unresolved.

Did anyone on Catalina or along the presumed flight path see the Cessna that afternoon or notice anything unusual around 1:00 p.m. on May 28, 2016?