2 Planes & 1 Runway Lead to Close Call at Local Airport
February 20th, 2015 by
Saturday afternoon, around 3 pm, an agricultural plane (cropduster) and a privately owned plane are taking off/leaving at the same time at Ellis Field.
There was no contact, and no one was injured, as a potential collision was avoided.
However, the crop-duster, in his effort to avoid a mishap, came to a stop in the muddy field at the north end of the runway.
With the assistance of a couple of bystanders, who helped push the plane back to the paved surface, the calm pilot resumed his plannex schedule for the rest of the day.
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That is not what happened. The Crop-duster pulled out on the runway for takeoff as the Privately owned plane made his call for final (landing). The crop-duster was not paying attention and should not have pulled onto the runway like it did.