polarbear
09-17-2017, 9:31pm
Beware of the wildlife.
Pilot Todd Rudberg, 49, had just touched down at the Nehalem Bay State Park airstrip on the southern edge of Manzanita at 5:14 p.m. Saturday.
That's when an elk suddenly ran in front of the plane, Oregon State Police said. Rudberg tried to speed up and relaunch the plane in an attempt to fly over it, but the plane’s landing gear and propeller ended up striking the elk. The elk was killed.
Memo- Elk aren't always the sharpest tool in the shed.
An instant later, a second elk ran in front of the plane and was struck by the left wing, police said. That second elk also died.
The plane spun to a stop on the airstrip. It was totaled, police said.
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Small plane slams into 2 elk, spins to a stop, pilot and passenger OK | OregonLive.com (http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2017/09/small_plane_slams_into_2_elk_a.html)
Pilot Todd Rudberg, 49, had just touched down at the Nehalem Bay State Park airstrip on the southern edge of Manzanita at 5:14 p.m. Saturday.
That's when an elk suddenly ran in front of the plane, Oregon State Police said. Rudberg tried to speed up and relaunch the plane in an attempt to fly over it, but the plane’s landing gear and propeller ended up striking the elk. The elk was killed.
Memo- Elk aren't always the sharpest tool in the shed.
An instant later, a second elk ran in front of the plane and was struck by the left wing, police said. That second elk also died.
The plane spun to a stop on the airstrip. It was totaled, police said.
http://image.oregonlive.com/home/olive-media/width960/img/oregonian/photo/2017/09/17/20170916-182944jpg-f3d4eead564c35f9.jpg
http://image.oregonlive.com/home/olive-media/width960/img/oregonian/photo/2017/09/17/20170916-181858jpg-8e008c45010cc46a.jpg
Small plane slams into 2 elk, spins to a stop, pilot and passenger OK | OregonLive.com (http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2017/09/small_plane_slams_into_2_elk_a.html)