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Plane Lands On LA County Freeway – With Video



Mar 25, 2010 3 Comments ›› Pat Dollard

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POMONA, Calif. (AP) – A small plane has landed safely on a freeway in eastern Los Angeles County.

Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor says the single-engine, two-seat plane landed at about 7 p.m. Wednesday in the northbound lanes of State Highway 57 just south of Interstate 10 in Pomona.

Gregor says the pilot of the Champion Citabria reported engine problems to air traffic controllers at Brackett Field in La Verne. He was heading to Cable Airport in Upland.

The pilot was alone in the plane. He wasn’t injured, and there was no damage to the plane or anything on the ground.

California Highway Patrol Officer Monica Posada says crews are working to get the plane off the freeway. The two right lanes are blocked, and northbound traffic is backed up.


  • http://1913intel.com -osgo-

    Isn’t this the same brand of plane that Steve Fawcett crashed? I believe he was in a Super Decathalon…yet can other fellow-pilot’s elucidate on issues they’ve experienced flying Citabria’s?

    I know some were woefully underpowered, and some had hiccups with the FI.

    Still ‘tho, there’s nothing quite like flying your own VomitComet© — gotta die of something.

    • Double Tap

      Great little planes to fly. Of course if you are a moron who doesn’t care for your airplane properly anything you fly is likely to have problems.

  • Tom in CO

    Neato!