Thu, Jun 21, 2007
You Know You're Having A Bad Day When...
Police called to the scene of an
aircraft accident in the backyard of a home in Baton Rouge, LA
found more than a dented Cessna -- they also found 14 potted
marijuana plants.
The incident began Wednesday morning, when the Cessna 206 came
down near the home, and a backyard apartment. Pilot Robin
Tendolkar, who was not injured in the accident, said the plane lost
power while on approach to land at nearby Baton Rouge Metropolitan
Airport (BRT).
The aircraft grazed treetops before impacting an oak tree,
causing it to spin and come to rest, nose down, on top of a downed
tree branch.
"It was an almost perfect crash," said Clarence McGarner, a
Baton Rouge police detective who witnessed the accident, to the
Baton Rouge Advocate. McGarner called police headquarters while his
friend, Donald Ray Henry, rushed to the scene. Henry helped the
pilot push out a broken window, and pulled him to safety.
As police officers investigated the plane crash, they stumbled
upon the marijuana plants, growing near the backyard apartment.
Officers later arrested apartment resident Betty McManus on a
felony count of growing marijuana -- and issued a misdemeanor
summons to Darryl Jenkins, who also lived in the small
apartment.
"You never know when you’re going to have a plane crash in
your backyard," police spokesman Cpl. L’Jean McKneely
quipped.
The FAA and NTSB are investigating the accident. Tendolkar
wouldn't comment after the mishap.
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