Ara Zobayan - Bio, Age, Net Worth, Single, Nationality, Instagram, Career

Ara Zobayan is an American Pilot who was flying Kobe’s helicopter which got crashed on 26th January 2020. Ara Zobayan got into the headlines after this deadly incident took place with Kobe Bryant and his daughter.

Early Life

Ara Zobayan was born in the year 1969, in the United States of America. Likewise, he was an American citizen and was of Caucasian ethnicity. The American pilot was also following the Christian religion. He was raised together with her siblings in Orange County. As for his educational background, he obviously is a well-educated personality. He even took training for flying the helicopter.

Death

On 26th January 2020, Ara Zobayan was just fifty years old at the time of his pass out. Even at the last moment of her life, he was working for Kobe as a pilot. Pascucci wrote on Twitter: “He taught aspiring heli pilots to fly and was very much loved in the aviation community.” After almost 6 months of the accident, the National Transportation Safety Board brought out the information about the same incident. The federal agency told when he radio called, he testified the chopper was rising when it was truly spiraling to the land.

One report stated, “Calculated apparent angles at this time show that the pilot could have misperceived both pitch and roll angles. At the time of the last descent the pilot, replying to [air traffic control], told that they were rising to 4,000.” The report was all about his flying below visual flight instructions, stating that he was required to be capable to realize where he was going, but piloted via clouds and became unsettled, leading to the crash.

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FAA’s pilot guarantee database records his being an instrument-certified pilot who got his commercial pilot’s license in the year 2007. The pilot is even a certified flight trainer for instrument instruction for helicopter pilots and records show. He was always active on FAA essential annual health tests. Jennifer Homendy of the National Transportation Safety Board said, “The pilot had a commercial certificate. He was a certified flight instructor. “(As of) July 2019, he had 8,200 hours of flight time. It’s an experienced pilot.”

Zobayan told air traffic controllers in his last radio message that “he was climbing to avoid a cloud layer before plunging more than 1,000 feet into a hillside”, an accident investigator said. He had requested for and got distinct permission to fly in weighty fog just minutes before the accident and was flying at 1,400 feet when he was moving to south and west. After then he questioned for air traffic controllers to deliver flight succeeding aide but was told the craft was very little.

Career and Professional Life

After completing his pilot training from an academy, he started working for several celebrities in Los Angeles. Ara held a commercial helicopter license and was a certified flight instructor, according to Federal Aviation Administration records cited by the New York Times. He was instrument ranked, sensing that he was capable to fly in partial brightness situations, according to records stated on Twitter by KTLA reporter Christina Pascucci.

Zobayan was serving for Kobe Bryant for over fifteen years before the plane crash took place. Throughout this day, he had a very clean record of his profession. However, his helicopter didn’t have a flight recorder at that time. The “Go Team” went on to examine the area where the incident took place for the flight recorder. Also, a tweeter person came out and predicted that Bryant was dead from a plane crash.

Moreover, he had appeared in the show, “Celebrity Wife Swaps”. At the time of the terrible accident, he was the Pilot working for the Sikorsky S-76B helicopter. On 26th January at 9:06 am he began the flight from the John Wayne Airport, Orange Country. At that time, other people were also present there except for them and they were Kobe Bryant and his daughter, Gianna Maria-Onore Bryant.

Caption: Ara Zobayan getting ready to fly (Source: The Sun)

Net Worth

Ara Zobayan was earning a good amount of money while he was still alive. However, there are no details regarding the salary and net worth of his. But it is for sure that he had a good income. Since he was just the pilot of Kobe and was keeping a low profile, he has never mentioned his income. While he was alive, he was residing in Huntington Beach, USA together with his family.

Relationship Status

Ara Zobayan was a married man and his wedding took place in the 1990s. After getting married, he went on to live in Los Angeles and begin a fresh life there. After staying there for some time, he went to the Huntington Beach area and resided there. However, there is no more exact information about the love life of his. Other than this, he has also never been in any rumors and controversial matters.

Caption: Ara Zobayan with his girlfriend (Source: The New York Post)

Body Measurement and Social Media

As for the body measurements of the American pilot, Ara was 5 feet 10 inches or 178 cm tall. He also had s suitable bodyweight of around 73 kg or 160 lbs. Similarly, the American pilot’s chest size was 44 inches and his waist size was 32 inches. Zobayan’s hips size was 36 inches and the size of his biceps was 15 inches. Moreover, he had a medium complexion with a pair of brown eyes and short black hair.

Coming to the social media part, it looks like he has never been active on there. He neither has an Instagram account nor Twitter. In fact, he also does not have a Facebook account and is never active on any of the social media platforms. Even after being a celebrity worker, he was doing his work and was not active in any of the other activities such as on social media platforms.

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