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Old September 1st 07, 03:52 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Robert M. Gary
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Default Bonanza crash caught on video

On Aug 31, 6:57 pm, Matt Whiting wrote:
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.


Wow, that was ugly. It looked like he was accelerating pretty good when
he went past the camera, but just couldn't quite establish a climb. I
did hear the one witness mention it being a downwind takeoff. Another
witness mentioned an engine sputter, so it also sounds like it wasn't
leaned at all for the altitude. Very unfortunate.

Matt


Even if it was 90 degrees outside, we're only at 1200 feet so the
density couldn't have been monsterous.

-Robert