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Plane Crash
updated: Aug 23, 2009, 11:55 AM

Pictures of Plane Crash right after it happened on the way... Plane crash at Turnpike on the Freeway.

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COMMENT 34968	2009-08-23 11:26 AM
I just emailed the photos to edhat. My father watched the crash happen and then ran home to grab to camera. Airplane landed on a vehicle. Not sure of any injuries.
EDONE	2009-08-23 11:30 AM
Please resend pictures to ed@edhat.com
EDONE	2009-08-23 11:34 AM
Here is the pic ... thanks for sending it in
COMMENT 34972	2009-08-23 11:54 AM
Holy cow. I hope everyone on-board and on the ground is ok.
EDONE	2009-08-23 11:57 AM
The article has been updated with more pictures.
COMMENT 34974	2009-08-23 12:02 PM
How in the world could this happen? The 101 is going to be a nightmare.
COMMENT 34975	2009-08-23 12:02 PM
Is the freeway closed in both directions?
COMMENT 34977	2009-08-23 12:05 PM
I came upon this going northbound about 45 minutes ago. They had closed the on-ramp at Patterson, and it looked like they closed the southbound freeway at least at Fairview, if not farther back.
COMMENT 34978	2009-08-23 12:05 PM
Copied from Craigslist: Santa Barbara County Fire Officials say a small plane made an emregency landing on the southbound lanes of Highway 101 between Turnpike and Patterson just after 10:30 this morning. Officials say the plane made contact with 2 vehicles on the ground. Two poeple were reportedly in the plane, and three total were in the 2 vehicles. Offiicals say one person in a vehicle suffered minor injuries. They say no one on board the plane was injured. KEY News has a crew on scene, and we will have more on this developing story tonight at 6 and 11.
GOLFERRW	2009-08-23 12:12 PM
I heard it cutting out over Earl Warren earlier. Went outside and could hear it trying to restart engine. Thought it was high enough to glide into airport. Obviously not. Hope all is well.
COMMENT 34981	2009-08-23 12:17 PM
We were going northbound we saw a small plane flying very low. As the plane was flying it looked like it was in trouble because it was wavering in the air and obviously unsteady. Then as we crossed the Turnpike overpass we almost crashed from the shock of viewing the plane crash onto the freeway.
MIKESHINN	2009-08-23 12:18 PM
I was just on Hollister at Walnut. I saw the plane on a flatbed tow truck with police escort. They were heading towards the airport. All 101 Southbound is locked up near Patterson as far as the eye could see. Everyone seems to have taken to Hollister.
GOWEST	2009-08-23 12:41 PM
Edhat rocks again!
COMMENT 34986	2009-08-23 12:49 PM
I was on 101 @ 11:30ish. Nothing on the local stations, did not KEYT text alert, nor was there any info CHP web site (via blkbry). Finally got off on Turnpike, fire truck blocking on-ramp. Heard nothing til I got to a computer and read about here!!! Very frustrating that our local media outlets cannot help us when we're on the road.
COMMENT 34990	2009-08-23 01:26 PM
Is the 101 clear now North and south?
JOHN WILEY	2009-08-23 01:29 PM
I wonder if the freeway webcams caught the event. They'd be a good place to check current traffic.
JOHN WILEY	2009-08-23 01:34 PM
Here's a webcam link but it doesn't open in my browser so I don't use it. The link ends in asx, so it just goes to download: http://video.dot.ca.gov/asx/D5-Patterson-Ave-at-101.asx
JOHN WILEY	2009-08-23 01:42 PM
I got it to work using the free VLC open source viewer. Traffic is flowing normally both ways on the Patterson webcam looking southbound.
ROGER DODGER	2009-08-23 02:03 PM
Wow...Glad no one got hurt that bad...I heard those sirens at church and thought I left my eggs burning.
Z28RACERGIRL	2009-08-23 06:46 PM
Why was this not on the CHP site????? I checked at 11:05 And again at approx 11:2x with nothing there.
JOHN WILEY	2009-08-23 11:45 PM
Lots of details on gNews now. It even shows up on FlightAware.com from just after takeoff in French Valley until it was past LA. Traffic sure was a mess today, between that incident and the two on Hwy.154. Coming northbound this evening it was stopped all the way to La Cumbre southbound.
SB8BALL	2009-08-24 07:25 AM
They cleared this accident up very fast. I drove north on the 101 at 12:30pm and it had already been cleared.
COMMENT 35081	2009-08-24 07:27 AM
that's what I would call a good landing! seriously. If you can emergency land on a freeway and no one gets hurt and the plane still looks to be in one piece, good job, whoever was flying!
COMMENT 35108	2009-08-24 11:33 AM
The pilot apparently ran out of fuel! There is NO excuse for that!!!!
JOHN WILEY	2009-08-24 01:27 PM
It will be interesting to read the final NTSB report, and it's nearly impossible not to guess until then.
COMMENT 35159	2009-08-24 05:59 PM
Hey Ed, since this plane crash was covered on the national news, does that mean we need to delete this story?

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