A witness to this morning’s plane crash near the Hollister
Municipal Airport said the aircraft appeared to have been about 50
feet off the ground upon takeoff when she saw its wings teetering
from side to side before it struck the ground.
”
He was off the ground and about that time he was kind of heading
this way. So I thought about that time, maybe I should get out of
the way,
”
said Amy Bordi, who works on a hill overlooking the airport.
A witness to this morning’s plane crash near the Hollister Municipal Airport said the aircraft appeared to have been about 50 feet off the ground upon takeoff when she saw its wings teetering from side to side before it struck the ground.
The crash occurred at some point around 7 a.m., and the pilot escaped without serious injury, according to witnesses.
Amy Bordi, who works at Don Chapin Co.’s Quarry Plant 25 on a hill overlooking the airport runways, described how she had been getting out of her car at the time and heard a plane coming her way after it had taken off.
“So I turned around and looked and saw the plane kind of trying to get up to air speed,” she said. “He was off the ground and about that time, he was kind of heading this way. So I thought about that time, maybe I should get out of the way.”
Bordi estimated the double-engine plane was about 50 feet off the ground when she noticed it having trouble. She works from a trailer on a hill northwest of the airport.
“At that time, I was getting ready to move out of the area, and he crashed, and a bunch of dirt came up. And I came and I called 911.”
She noted how the pilot walked away from the scene.
“You don’t get to see that very often, do you?”
Authorities were not immediately available for comment on the crash.
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