Plane crashes onto 101 Freeway in Agoura Hills

[SoCalNative]

Source: Los Angeles Times

A vintage small plane crashed onto the 101 in Agoura Hills on Tuesday afternoon, shutting down the freeway in both directions, authorities said.

Los Angeles County firefighters arrived at the crash site near Liberty Canyon Road about 1:50 p.m. According to spokeswoman Vanessa Lozano, the plane crashed “in the middle of the freeway.”

No injuries were reported. Los Angeles County Fire spokesman Marvin Lim said he did not know whether the pilot was able to safely exit the plane himself or had been removed by rescuers.

Images tweeted by drivers on the freeway showed the vintage airplane in flames, emitting a black cloud of smoke. Firefighters put out the flames about 2:15 p.m., officials said. Fire officials were waiting for National Transportation Safety Board and Federal Aviation Administration investigators to arrive, Lozano said.

Read more: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-101-plane-crash-20181023-story.html

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

1. Appears to be

a Focke Wulf 190. Germany. WW2.

[Dennis Donovan]

3. Looks more like AT-6 with German markings...

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

8. Right on.

[VMA131Marine]

10. Agreed! It's a T-6 Texan

[winstars]

28. I swear the Youtube video was a clip from "The Battle of Britain"??????? LOL

WW2 German markings, maybe not the best thing to do...

Didn't work out so well the first time around.

Just saying.

[marked50]

5. Cockpit area looks like it's a two seater- See my earlier post

[SoCalNative]

6. Painted to look as such

but local news is reporting that it's a T-6 Texan painted in WWII Luftwaffe livery

[Brother Buzz]

24. Other stories are saying it's a SNJ-5

A Navy trainer variant of the T-6.

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

29. +1

[marked50]

2. Looks like it might be

an AT6 Texan, painted in WW2 German markings.

[VMA131Marine]

4. It looks like the plane was a North American T-6 Texan

Old, but not necessarily rare.

Hopefully the pilot got out okay.

[Beaverhausen]

7. He did.

[George II]

9. If the pilot had enough time to react, he might have been able to slow down to....

....50 mph or so with full flaps and glide down.

[SoCalNative]

11. By the looks of the photo

further down in this article, doesn't look to have been a very smooth landing

https://ktla.com/2018/10/23/small-plane-down-on-northbound-101-freeway-in-agoura-hills/

[George II]

19. My flight instructor used to call every landing a "controlled crash", this one not so controlled.

[MrScorpio]

12. This reminds me...

There was a fundraising event being held in the local RSA by the local Women's Auxiliary, and the organisers had arranged for Ireland's most decorated WWII pilot to speak to the assembled ladies.

He started telling the story of a mission over France and how they were being strafed by German fire.

" I looked out in front of me" he said " and there was three fokkers in front, and then I looked behind me, and there was three fokkers behind me, and then I looked above me, and there was two fokkers above, and then I looked below me, and there was four fokkers below"

Just then the organiser, thinking that the ladies might misunderstand, and assume the ex-pilot was swearing jumped up and said "For all those who don't know, the Fokker was a plane used by the Germans during the war"

and the Irish pilot said "Yeah, but these Fokkers were Messerschmidts"

[TeamPooka]

15. hahahahahahahaha

[paleotn]

13. Now that's something you don't see eveyday.

[George II]

20. There was this one on Friday near San Diego

And one near San Francisco in August. What's up with California pilots?

[petronius]

21. I love how those drivers just pass him; damn slow-ass airplane in the fast lane!

Stay to the right if you're gonna lollygag like that...

[George II]

22. Right, couldn't even be considerate and stick to the right lane. On a positive note, the one near SF

DID land in the right lane! Nice guy.

[KayF]

23. great video, but...

the dad's kind of a jerk for one thing he said. His kid says "Look out for the airplane", and then the dad says, "Look Bubba, there's a plane on the freeway!" I feel bad for the kid. He just said "Look out for the airplane", so he obviously knows the plane is there. A grownup can say "yeah I know, I just said that, asshole!" But the kid can't say that.

That is all.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

25. Did that plane have California plates??

DMV registration current?

Has it passed its biennial smog check? Just asking for a friend.

Also didn't see any brake lights on the damn thing........

[lefthandedskyhook]

14. Is there any evidence to share?

Just asking

[petronius]

16. Glad the pilot's OK, sorry about the plane, but my first thought is how totally epic

that traffic jam must have been!

I've spent hours in that corridor on a 'normal' day, let alone this...

[dhill926]

27. I know, right...

Holy hell…

[ZZenith]

17. Please let this be symbolic of the demise of these new Americans dressed as Nazis.

[Ellen Forradalom]

18. Glad to see Patriotic Californians

Are shooting down the Nazi invaders

[KY_EnviroGuy]

26. Rumors have it that....

the plane was searching for George Soros' house.....

Never know what to believe these days.....