Jun 30, 2008 2:02 pm US/Pacific
KCBS Radio Traffic Plane Crash Lands By I-80 Ramp
OAKLAND (CBS 5 / KCBS / BCN) ―
A pilot and a KCBS radio traffic reporter suffered minor injuries when their small plane crash landed Monday afternoon crashed in a rock quarry near an Interstate 80 on-ramp in Oakland, authorities said.
The small aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing about 12:50 p.m. in the area of 2020 Wake Ave. near West Grand Avenue, said Oakland fire Capt. Melinda Drayton.
"It definitely hit hard," Drayton said.
The nose of the Cessna 172 stopped near a sand pile in a vacant lot, just south of the West Grand Avenue on-ramp to westbound Interstate 80 near the Bay Bridge. Freeway traffic was not affected.
The pilot of the aircraft, owned by Flying Vikings based at the Hayward Executive Airport, indicated that the aircraft's engine stalled somewhere over Berkeley.
The pilot reported seeing his oil pressure gauge plummet before the plane's motor stopped, Drayton said.
The pilot, a 35-year-old man, suffered minor lacerations to his head and was taken to a hospital for treatment, Drayton said. The passenger, a 37-year-old man working for KCBS, declined treatment.
The plane was heavily damaged and appeared to be a total loss.
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