RENO, Nev. (AP) — Authorities have identified a 64-year-old retired Air Force fighter pilot from California who was killed in a plane crash while attempting to qualify for the Reno National Championship Air Races.

Race officials say Lee Behel of San Jose died Monday afternoon when his GP-5 went down at Stead Airport north of Reno during a qualifying heat.

Nobody else was injured.

Race organizers say Behel was a former Sport Class champion and a longtime Air Race pilot.

The cause of the crash is under investigation. Organizers planned to conduct qualifying heats as scheduled on Tuesday.

In 2011, a plane crashed in a grandstand at the air races and killed 11 people. Dozens more were injured.

Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.