Eric S. Swist
Operations at Lone Star Executive Airport were suspended for more than two hours Thursday afternoon after a single-engine aircraft flipped while attempting to land.
Piloted by Christopher Nelson, of New Waverly, the Cessna 140 is a light utility plane that attempted to land shortly before 2 p.m. Thursday. The aircraft was making its approach when the plane’s propeller dug into the concrete runway, and caused the vintage craft to end up on its back where the airport’s main runway (1432) intersects with the the secondary landing strip (119), Scott Smith, LSEA general manager, said.
Despite a fuel spill, neither Nelson nor his unnamed passenger sustained injuries, and walked from the crash, Smith said.
Fewer than 7,700 of the Cessna – and its predecessor, the 120 – were constructed between 1946 and 1950. Made with a fabric skin, the Cessna 140 has a high-wing design that can accommodate the pilot and one passenger.
The Cessna 140 has a maximum speed of 120 mph , and a cruising speed of 105 mph.
The aiport was closed until 3:50 p.m. until the Federal Aviation Administration completed its investigation.
A call was placed to Nelson’s phone but there was not a response.
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