Posted on 01/09/2022 7:52:04 PM PST by janetjanet998
A pilot was hospitalized after their plane crashed in Pacoima on Sunday, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.
The crash, which occurred shortly after 2 p.m., involved a “small single engine airplane,” which was damaged when it landed on the Metrolink Antelope Valley line train tracks near Whiteman Airport, the LAFD said in a pair of alerts.
The Associated Press identified the plane as a Cessna 172.
After the pilot was removed from the plane by the Los Angeles Police Department, the aircraft was struck by an oncoming train, the LAPD Operations-Valley Bureau said on Twitter.
Was Harrison Ford the pilot?
Will they EVER ground that guy?
He has the best cocktail party small talk line ever.
Headline made me think of this;
That practice makes the article unreadable.
what the heck is he doing landing on train tracks?!
This is my airport, I left at 1:00 yesterday, will find out all the details in a couple hours
I saw a similar “bad day” accident in San Mateo back in the early 90s.
A tractor trailer heading west on the elevated section of 92 jackknifed and went over the edge of the freeway. The entire rig was hanging by the rearmost trailer wheels - directly over the SP tracks that run through there.
My guess was that someone cut off the truck, causing it to lose control. (That section of road is notorious for bad driving antics.).
When I went by a CalTrans crew was there with a crane trying to recover the rig.
Ouch. Talk about bad luck! I landed off field but then got hit by a train. The universe is telling this guy something.
When your number is up, your number is up.
That qualifies as having a very bad day.
Couldn't get to a highway, maybe. Needed a flat enough spot, wide enough for the wings to not catch on obstructions.
Wowee! Those cops get the Brass Balls award for the week.
The plane hadn’t been flown in a few months, it is about 100 yards from my hangar, From what I have found out, it appears he didn’t do a very good job of draining the water out of the fuel tanks and that is what made the engine die on take off.
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