ORANGE COUNTY - There are no injuries resulting from what investigators describe as a private jet crash in Orange County, according to information KFDM News has received from the Texas Department of Public Safety and Capt. Joe Mires with the Orange Fire Department.
The crash was reported at about 10 a.m. at the Orange County Airport.
The pilot, Claude Edward Collins, said the runway was wet, causing the Cessna 560 Citation to slide off the paved runway during landing at about 10 a.m., according to Trooper Stephanie Davis with the Texas Department of Public Safety.
A spokesman for Orange County says a wind gust pushed the plane off the runway, causing the nose gar to collapse.
The pilot wasn't hurt. The jet's front landing gear was damaged. The pilot had flown from Alabama to Orange County.
The Orange Fire Department and law enforcement officers responded to the call.
The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board were notified.
The Orange County Airport will be closed until further notice pending clearance from the FAA and NTSB for cleanup
The Orange County Emergency Management office has reported a jet aircraft carrying nine people, slid off runway at the Orange County Airport at approximately 10:03 a.m. today.
Reports indicate the jet came in for landing and a wind gust pushed the airplane off the runway, causing the nose gear to collapse.
The names of those on board the plane were not released and no injuries have been reported.
Officers from the Texas Department of Public Safety were on the scene to help assist. Sergeant Richard Howard with the DPS office said the FAA has been notified and the Orange County Airport will be closed until further notice pending clearance from the FAA and NTSB for cleanup.
The Texas Department of Public Safety says the accident happened around 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Orange County Airport near Orange, about 100 miles northeast of Houston.
Airport spokeswoman Jill Shores says wind gusts also helped pushed the aircraft from the runway on a morning when the area had rainstorms.
Trooper Stephanie Davis identified the pilot of the Cessna 560 as Claude Edward Collins.
DPS had no immediate details on where the flight originated in Alabama or the owner of the twin-engine jet, which suffered landing gear damage in the accident.
Airport spokeswoman Jill Shores says wind gusts also helped pushed the aircraft from the runway on a morning when the area had rainstorms.
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