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The pilot is an acquaintance of mine and belongs to the same flying group  I do in LA.

He has facial injuries requiring surgery yesterday but recovery should go well

No info on what caused the crash

I know the area well as I have flown out of there for over 50 years. Interesting airport history especially back half a century ago.

He and the police officers are very lucky 

Quick decisions by the officers saved his life.

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37 minutes ago, cliffy said:

The pilot is an acquaintance of mine and belongs to the same flying group  I do in LA.

He has facial injuries requiring surgery yesterday but recovery should go well

No info on what caused the crash

I know the area well as I have flown out of there for over 50 years. Interesting airport history especially back half a century ago.

He and the police officers are very lucky 

Quick decisions by the officers saved his life.

Glad to hear he'll be okay, and looking forward to hearing what happened.

The accident investigation may have gotten...complicated, though.  ;)

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That’s not a real heavy airplane they coulda just pushed it off no? Either way. He’s safe. What a story. Can you imagine? What are the odds you crash a plane and get hit by a train in the same day!?

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1 minute ago, 201Steve said:

That’s not a real heavy airplane they coulda just pushed it off no? 

Wasn’t the nose gear collapsed? ….. I heard bystanders got hurt from the debris flying when the train hit it

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10 minutes ago, 201Steve said:

That’s not a real heavy airplane they coulda just pushed it off no? Either way. He’s safe. What a story. Can you imagine? What are the odds you crash a plane and get hit by a train in the same day!?

Not heavy, but one can imagine it's easy for the airframe to get hung up on things that stick out of the ground

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Did anyone catch the tail number?

I was trying to look up what the plane was…

It appears to shatter like a composite structure.

Or it got hit so hard the aluminum shattered.

 

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1 hour ago, cliffy said:

As of today pilot out  of surgery in normal room and eating a little apple sauce. Recovery looks good right now.

Such good news.  That was the craziest thing I've seen.  Those cops were truly heroic.  

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I know nothing of railroad procedures, but just listening to that video clip, it "sounds" as if that train was full tilt boogie at impact. I could not detect any deceleration or braking. Maybe there was braking, I don't know but one would think........

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