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http://www.thewgalchannel.com/news/4631185/detail.html
BETHEL TOWNSHIP, Pa. -- A small plane crashed into a Lebanon County neighborhood Monday afternoon.
The small prop plane took off without its pilot and ended up in Bethel Township, not too far from the Farmer's Pride Airport.
The 1940 J-3 airplane took off through a field, missed some trees, went between two houses and ended up in the middle of the road.
Pilot Ron Snyder started the propeller by himself. That's a job that usually requires two people. The plane did not get into the air, but it did taxi across a field and then Airport Road, taking out a light pole and damaging its wing.
Snyder is a retired commercial pilot.
"I just watched it and I tried to get in there and get the throttle back. Of course, I couldn't. I just watched it take off. I just tried to make sure there wasn't anybody over there -- not that I could do anything about it, but there wasn't anybody there and I thought it was going to hit those trees, but it got right in between the trees and cart-wheeled," Snyder said.
No one was hurt. The light pole, a stop sign and the plane were the only property damaged. The plane might be a loss. Snyder said the plane was worth about $30,000.
A representative from the Federal Aviation Administration is on the scene and will do a full investigation.
Plane Takes Off Without Pilot
BETHEL TOWNSHIP, Pa. -- A small plane crashed into a Lebanon County neighborhood Monday afternoon.
The small prop plane took off without its pilot and ended up in Bethel Township, not too far from the Farmer's Pride Airport.
The 1940 J-3 airplane took off through a field, missed some trees, went between two houses and ended up in the middle of the road.
Pilot Ron Snyder started the propeller by himself. That's a job that usually requires two people. The plane did not get into the air, but it did taxi across a field and then Airport Road, taking out a light pole and damaging its wing.
Snyder is a retired commercial pilot.
"I just watched it and I tried to get in there and get the throttle back. Of course, I couldn't. I just watched it take off. I just tried to make sure there wasn't anybody over there -- not that I could do anything about it, but there wasn't anybody there and I thought it was going to hit those trees, but it got right in between the trees and cart-wheeled," Snyder said.
No one was hurt. The light pole, a stop sign and the plane were the only property damaged. The plane might be a loss. Snyder said the plane was worth about $30,000.
A representative from the Federal Aviation Administration is on the scene and will do a full investigation.
