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TexasTowelie

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Sun Oct 3, 2021, 09:43 PM Oct 2021

Small Plane Crash on a Texas Highway Caught on Video

The plane was used in the Rice Festival Parade earlier in the day, according to the Chambers County Sheriff's Office.

It crashed in Winnie shortly after on State Highway 124 Saturday morning.

The plane appeared to strike a street light, then a traffic light before crashing onto the road.

We're told the pilot opted to fly the plane back to the airport, instead of towing it there when he crashed into a traffic signal on the highway.

Remarkably, the pilot is OK. The sheriff's office says he went to a doctor to get checked out as a precaution.

Video at https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/small-plane-crash-on-a-texas-highway-caught-on-video/2757304/

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Small Plane Crash on a Texas Highway Caught on Video (Original Post) TexasTowelie Oct 2021 OP
Well, that was quite dramatic! Glad the pilot wasn't hurt. CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2021 #1
Looks he hit a street light and then a wire... RockRaven Oct 2021 #2
And we all do dumb things. Laffy Kat Oct 2021 #6
Looks like a beautiful old WW2 Stearman primary flight trainer. That's got to hurt..nt mitch96 Oct 2021 #3
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Oct 2021 #4
I'm curious how he managed to fly that anywhere? nt Phoenix61 Oct 2021 #5

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