Dave Blackmon
Filing Flight Plan
Small plane radios tower reports "losing a part" and having engine trouble 10 miles south of RDD, offered Lake California as the closest airport, opted for a "long runway" at RDD, cleared for straight in 34...appears he realized he would be short and tried for a strawberry field a mile to the south of the numbers, flew under some major wires, clipped a tree and "landed" with minor injuries reported. CHP now tracing his route looking for the "lost part".
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