Posted on 06/10/2022 8:48:59 PM PDT by American Number 181269513
One person was killed Friday after an airplane crashed into a Southern California strawberry field shortly after takeoff and burst into flames, according to media reports.
The single-engine Mooney M20T went down near State Route 101 around 8:20 a.m. in Ventura County, just north of Los Angeles County. The plane possibly hit the side of the Gold Coast Christian Church.
The church is located in an office building and the crash caused debris to spill onto the northbound lanes of the freeway, Fox Los Angeles reported.
The Federal Aviation Administration told Fox News the plane took off from Camarillo Airport and was headed to Phoenix Deer Valley Airport in Arizona.
The Ventura County Fire Department deployed two urban search and rescue dogs to find any additional victims in the field. Fox News has reached out to the fire agency.
Authorities have not identified the person killed. The crash is being investigated by the FAA and National Transportation Safety Board.
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Memory Eternal for the pilot.
Strawberry fields forever.....sorry, can’t avoid the association.
Strawberries flambé.
Thought the same thing. It’s a very good memorial.
Sure a lot of private planes crashing lately.
6/3/22
“Navy investigating fatal F/A-18 Super Hornet crash in Trona”
6/9/22
“Five marines killed in Osprey aircraft crash outside San Diego”
6/10/22
“Navy helicopter crashes in Southern California desert one day after Osprey crash killed 5 Marines”
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/navy-helicopter-crash-southern-california-desert-osprey-crash/
I know the area well. My dad used to take me to Camarillo Airport where they have a cute little restaurant overlooking the runway…and the beautiful strawberry fields, of course. (What I wouldn’t give for some of those fresh-picked Ventura strawberries right now!) We would have cheeseburgers loaded with ripe Ojai avocado.
SADS?
I lived in that area 16 years and know it well - the sight of the strawberry fields (and the smell of onion fields) was always so nice to see. Sorry it was the site of a tragic incident.
“Strawberry Fields Forever”
I was rushing to post that...but, you beat me.
There are several every day across the world. The NTSB tracks them all.
https://www.ntsb.gov/Pages/monthly.aspx
Completely off topic, but the track “Strawberry Fields Forever” is made from two different recording sessions (something like take #3 and take number #25), with the splice being at the opening line “Let me take you down...”
There a video online about how it happened. And once you hear it, you can’t unhear it.
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