Photograph caption dated August 9, 1989 reads, "A small plane bound for Catalina from Long Beach Airport developed engine trouble and crash-landed on Terminal Island yesterday, plowing into a lot full of new Hyundai automobiles. Gerald B. Brown, 53, suffered no injuries when he landed his Grumman Tiger on a dirt road, and it went over a chain-linked fence and into the car lot. Neither Brown nor anyone on the ground was injured. Two of the cars were damaged in the crash."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;29 x 36 cm. Photographic prints
United States.--Federal Aviation Administration--Employees Airplanes--California--Los Angeles Aircraft accidents--California--Los Angeles Debris--California--Los Angeles Police--California--Los Angeles Transportation accidents--California--Los Angeles Hyundai automobile Islands--California, Southern Terminal Island (Calif.) Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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