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Robert M. Gary
August 18th 04, 10:42 PM
http://www.sacbee.com/content/news/story/10407489p-11327183c.html

Emphasis added...
"
YUBA CITY - The pilot of a small plane of Canadian registry was killed
while trying to take off from a street in a new subdivision, a
spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration said Monday.
The pilot died about 11:15 p.m. Sunday. The Cessna 172 had
successfully landed on Claremont Street in the Shanghai Bend area, but
crashed and burned while attempting to take off, FAA spokesman Donn
Walker said.

Officials don't know why he landed in a suburban area or tried to take
off again.

The pilot of the ==>>TWO-ENGINE<<==, four-passenger Skyhawk was
believed to be in his mid-50s, but positive identification has yet to
be established, Sutter County Sheriff Jim Denney said.

"No one has reported a plane missing," Denney said.

The plane bore the tail ID designation "GTKX," Walker said.

Witnesses reported the plane's tail clipped a traffic sign during the
takeoff try"

StellaStar
August 19th 04, 03:23 AM
>The Cessna 172 had
>successfully landed on Claremont Street in the Shanghai Bend area, but
>crashed and burned while attempting to take off,

Also found this...
"The small aircraft went down in an open field next to a row of partially-built
homes near the western end of Shanghai Bend Road shortly before 11 a.m., said
Sgt. Harwood Mitchell of the Yuba City Police Department."

Y'don't suppose some lost pilot thought a nice empty strip of road mostly
outside town was...a runway? Oy.

NW_PILOT
August 19th 04, 01:13 PM
Humm how close was this street to an airport.

>"StellaStar" > wrote in message
...
> >The Cessna 172 had
> >successfully landed on Claremont Street in the Shanghai Bend area, but
> >crashed and burned while attempting to take off,
>
> Also found this...
> "The small aircraft went down in an open field next to a row of
partially-built
> homes near the western end of Shanghai Bend Road shortly before 11 a.m.,
said
> Sgt. Harwood Mitchell of the Yuba City Police Department."
>
> Y'don't suppose some lost pilot thought a nice empty strip of road mostly
> outside town was...a runway? Oy.

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