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Aircraft Off Runway at Nevada County Airport

Posted: Sep. 3, 2014 12:02 PM PDT

For the second time in just over two months, a plane has gone off the runway at Nevada County Airport…

Listen to Lee Ocker 1

Airport Manager Lee Ocker desribes the aircraft as a 2008 Flight Design Light Sport. No one else was on board. On July 2, another pilot also had the same problem, with his airplane going off the runway. Ocker says the two incidents are not related…

Listen to Lee Ocker 2

The airport was closed for about an hour after the crash, and briefly in the afternoon while the wreckage was removed.

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