"Aardvark" wrote in message ...
C J Campbell wrote:

"CFLav8r" wrote in message
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We have had an unfortunate plane crash here yesterday.
I Cessna 172 developed engine problems and could not make the airport

(KORL)

the plane ended up coming down just a few miles NW of the intended

airport.

A chopper news 6 helicopter was on scene as the pilot tried to land the
plane on a road adjacent to a golf course. At the last moment the pilot
appears to veer away from the road to avoid rear-ending a car and instead
hits a power pole.
Passenger in critical condition, pilot did not make it.


It looks to me like the van pulled out in front of him from behind. Probably
not many people look up for traffic, though.



At first I saw he was going to land on the road and his right wing got into the wires. After looking at it a few times
he was not over the road and it was his left wing into the wires, I don't think he ever saw the SUV.


The plane was definitely to the right of the wires and the left wing hit and followed the wires. It looks to me that
they overshot their intended landing area (back along the fairway) and were trying to thread the needle between the
buildings and the road, maybe looking for a clear spot in that parking lot.