Accident last Sat night at Cameron Park (O61)??

[Robert M. Gary]

I saw a brief thing on the news Sunday AM about a Beechcraft that
landed with landing gear issues. The images on the news showed
Sheriff's cars on the taxiway with lights flashing. I was busy getting
ready to run down to another airport to do some instructing so I
couldn't watch it. However, I can't find any reference to it on the
local news channel web sites or in the Sacramento Bee. Could the news
have gotten the airport wrong or was the accident just to borring for
further mention?
-Robert

[Joerg]

Robert M. Gary wrote:

> I saw a brief thing on the news Sunday AM about a Beechcraft that
> landed with landing gear issues. The images on the news showed
> Sheriff's cars on the taxiway with lights flashing. I was busy getting
> ready to run down to another airport to do some instructing so I
> couldn't watch it. However, I can't find any reference to it on the
> local news channel web sites or in the Sacramento Bee. Could the news
> have gotten the airport wrong or was the accident just to borring for
> further mention?
> -Robert
>

It was Cameron Park. Just a very brief mention on our local CBS station
(channel 13), maybe 5-10 seconds. In the video clip it looked like a
front gear collapse and a lot of scraping damage, a huge gash. Well, I
guess that also means an engine teardown and a new prop.

I heard a lengthy scraping sound but thought it was coming from a
machine shop down there. Later we saw helicopters and fire trucks on the
runway. We live close by. AFAIR they said that everyone in the aircraft
was ok. I looked for a story in the Sacramento Bee the next morning but
couldn't find anything then or the next day.

--
Regards, Joerg

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