ford's and it was departing much lower than aircraft typically do, and i saw it descend below the treelines and then the land on the golf course. >> you knew that something was wrong, because it was fly ging too low? >> precisely. i did not hear the plane at this point, and the engine was no longer functional and nothing to hear, but it was not normal at that point. >> and the plane crashed at penn mar golf course close to santa monica airport, and did you realize that it was headed in the wrong direction or you just saw the plane flying too low? >> at that point the aircraft was, the golf course is straight off of the end of the runway and at that point, mr. ford was taking off as he normally would be except that the engine was no longer functional and he could not keep going. >> being a pilot yourself do you know how common the engine failures are like this or how common for engine failures like this? >> it is very unusual before a pilot takes off, whether it is a large aircraft or a pilot myself just on our own time, because you run a series of checks to try to make sure that everything