California IN BRIEF : LAS VEGAS : Pilot Survives Crash of His Small Plane
From Times staff and Wire reports
A Southern California pilot escaped serious injury when his small plane crashed about a mile short of the runway at Las Vegas’ McCarran International Airport. The plane skidded across vacant lots and halted about 20 feet from a concrete wall. Authorities said the pilot, Donald Morrill, 57, of Highland, near San Bernardino, radioed the tower that he was running low on fuel. He was hospitalized in stable condition with face and ankle injuries. The plane was flying from Utah to California.
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