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Small plane crashes upside down south of Livermore; pilot walks away unharmed [Video]

LIVERMORE, Calif. (KGO) — An Arizona man is lucky to be alive on Friday after walking away from a plane crash.

He was the only person onboard the flight which crashed in a rural part of San Joaquin County, about 40 minutes southeast of Livermore on Friday morning.

It was all clear in Concord when a single-engine Cessna 150 took off for a flight around 8 a.m. Friday morning.

But within an hour and 20 minutes, something went terribly wrong.

Officials say they got a 911 call from someone inside the plane, which took off from Concord.

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The plane went down about 40 minutes southeast of Livermore in San Joaquin County.

The National Transportation Safety Board said preliminary information indicated that the pilot reported the airplane experienced a complete loss of engine power while en route and made a forced landing

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