When the plane duly clipped the trees and landed on the ice lake one property developer sat up and asked: 'How far have we got?'

His plane clipped the treetops, crashed through the airport's perimeter chain link fence and came to rest on the grass next to Runway 33.

But the plane clipped roadside power poles and trees with the tips of its wings, began to spin, and disintegrated on impact.

He said the plane had not clipped surrounding trees during its descent.

As it fell, the plane clipped a branch of one of several trees between the warehouse and the factory.

Ted McBride, the helicopter rescue pilot, said the plane apparently clipped the top of a 6,463-foot summit about four miles from the airport.

The plane clipped some trees and plowed into the bush.

As it came down, the plane may have clipped a garage at 17 Washington Place, but it apparently hit no other houses.

The plane clipped the top of a breaker with its wheels, then sucked it self up into a steep climb.

During the final moments, the plane clipped a mountain ridge.