Skip to main content

Image / Plane crashes into Granada Hills house

Have a question about this item?

Item information. View source record on contributor's website.

Title
Plane crashes into Granada Hills house
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Creator
Chinn, Paul
Date Created and/or Issued
1985
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Title supplied by cataloger.
Photograph caption dated March 3, 1985 reads, "Los Angeles fire fighters walk past the wreckage of a single-engine plane and automobile after the plane lost power and slammed into a Granada Hills house. The blur effect is the result of a slow shutter speed." The crash, which killed the pilot, destroyed the house, but only injured the inhabitant, Kenneth Ashton, occurred on Ruffner Avenue.
Type
Image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;27 x 36 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00094892
Herald Examiner Collection
HE_b004_f1_i20
CARL0005042100
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/32543
Subject
Aircraft accidents--California--Los Angeles
Aircraft accident victims--California--Los Angeles
Airplanes--California--Los Angeles
Fire fighters--California--Los Angeles
Debris--California--Los Angeles
Granada Hills (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
Night photographs
Time Period
1981-1990

About the collections in Calisphere

Learn more about the collections in Calisphere. View our statement on digital primary resources.

Copyright, permissions, and use

If you're wondering about permissions and what you can do with this item, a good starting point is the "rights information" on this page. See our terms of use for more tips.

Share your story

Has Calisphere helped you advance your research, complete a project, or find something meaningful? We'd love to hear about it; please send us a message.

Explore related content on Calisphere: