[or-roots] Portland plane crash

[Sharon Ryan]

Les:

The plane that crashed in 1978 was not anywhere near Bybee Street and 68th.
The crash in 1978 was out SE further about 168th and Stark prox.  I was only
a few blocks away when it came down and remember it well.
SE 68th and Bybee is in the Sellwood / Woodstock area, much further West and
South of the 1978 crash site.
Gene must be referring to a different crash site.

Sharon

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Leslie Chapman" <khanjehgil at presys.com>
To: <or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us>
Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 7:03 PM
Subject: [or-roots] Portland plane crash


> Tsk, Tsk you forgot to change subject line and almost got ignored.
>
> I don't know about phone service, I think town may have had phone not long
> after 1900, Connie??
>
> As to the plane crash, I remember it because my late nephews and their
> wife/mom were about ten blocks from it when it went down. I find a
reference
> to a UAL crash on 12/28/1978 but don't think that is the one as elsewhere
> saw reference to it being a crash on takeoff which the one you refer to
> wasn't.
>
> Okay after three hours of searching I finally typed in "ran out of fuel"
and
> found it in thirty seconds;
>
> On December 28, 1978. a DC-8 ran out of fuel at Portland, Oregon.
>     The flight originated from J. F. Kennedy Airport, New York, via Denver
>
> At 18.15 the DC-8 crashed into a wooded section of suburban Portland, six
> miles east-south-east of the airport. Fortunately it did not catch fire.
The
> flight engineer, a flight attendant and eight passengers were killed.
> Twenty-three other passengers were seriously injured. The fault in the
> undercarriage was found to be due to a burned-out light bulb.
>
> for full text of cockpit conversation in this "stupidity crash" see;
>
> http://www.najaco.com/books/aviationchorus/accidents_3.htm
>
> I'll try to get back to you on the phone thing.
>
> Les Chapman
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:  Eugene Barnes
> Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 3:51 PM
>
> Hi:
>
> Does any one know when the area of Bayview/Waldport first had Telepones
> and Electrice lighting?
>
> Also does any one from the Portland area recall hearing about an airplane
> that
> crashed near Bybie (sp) Street in Porland, circa 197-22 or thereabouts?
My
> Grandmother who lived our on 68th Ave S.E. spoke of it and I beleive she
had
> a piece of the rubberized fabric from that aircraft.
>
> Gene Barnes
> Costa Mesa, CA
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