On Fri, 31 Aug 2007 18:44:54 -0700, Jay Honeck
wrote:

http://fox40.trb.com/

In an amazing coincidence, a Sacramento TV station was at Cameron Park
airport filming background for a story about the crash of a plane that
had departed earlier in the day and caught a second crash on video. Go
to the web site and click on "Cameron Park Plane Crash" on the right
side.

It sure looks like the pilot was taking off from a high-density
altitude airport with no flaps, downwind.

Cameron Park is 1287' from Sea Level. There is probably more of an
issue here than density altitude. I have flown in and out of
Leadville, Colorado and at 9,927' is the highest airport in the US.
Try flying out of there with 3 people in a Piper Cherokee (140).

Here is Cameron Park:
http://www.airnav.com/airport/O61