Photograph caption dated July 4, 1980 reads, "To the California Highway Patrol officers, if it's not one thing, it's another. As if they didn't have enough trouble with traffic on the ground at the start of this hot holiday weekend, yesterday afternoon a single-engine Cessna bellyflopped on the San Bernardino Freeway near the busy downtown interchange. Miraculously, neither the pilot of the plane, 28-year-old Leonard Adams of Eagle Point, Ore., nor any drivers were seriously hurt when the plane crash landed in the right lane. No cars were struck, but the plane was demolished. A CHP spokeswoman said Adams was en route from Oregon to Orange County when the 'engine just quit on him.' Adams was taken to White Memorial Hospital where he is listed in satisfactory condition. 'He really had an immense amount of luck,' said CHP officer Bruce Mauldin."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;24 x 36 cm. Photographic prints
California Highway Patrol--Employees Aircraft accidents--California--Los Angeles Airplanes--California--Los Angeles Cessna aircraft Debris--California--Los Angeles Automobiles--California--Los Angeles Express highways--California, Southern Express highway interchanges--California, Southern Police--California Interstate 10 Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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