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Cessna Flips in Pescadero


What: Rented Sterling Aviation’s Cessna 150 en route from Monterey to Half Moon Bay Airport
Where: PESCADERO, CA in an open field south of Half Moon Bay (about 1 mile south of Pescadero Road and Highway 1 )
When: 01/11/2009
Who: 2 Michael Paul Harris, and his wife, Danette,
Why: The pilot noticed they were running low on fuel. After a Forced landing in a field outside of PESCADERO, CA, about 200 yards into the field, the plane’s front nose wheel dug into the soil and collapsed, causing the plan to flip. The pilot buzz is that the renter of the plane should have refueled, and that the forced landing and resultant plane damage was entirely unnecessary.

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