Emergency crews responded to an aircraft accident at Smith Field Airport around 4:15 p.m .Saturday.
Two people were on the plane when it landed without landing gear down at Smith Field Airport. No one was hurt.
This plane landed without landing gear down at Smith Field Airport Saturday afternoon.
A pilot and passenger occupied a 1979 CESSNA R182 that crash landed at Smith Field Saturday evening. The aircraft heading towards runway 13 landed gear up and both occupants walked away with no injuries reported.
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No one was injured when a small plane crash landed at Smith Field on Fort Wayne's north side Saturday.
Craig Williams, director of operations for the Fort Wayne-Allen County Airport Authority, said the plane's landing gear had not been lowered when the craft touched down in the middle of the runway.
The plane skidded a distance before coming to a stop on the edge of the runway. The pilot and passenger were not injured, he said.
The plane is a Cessna 182 Skylane RG II.
The landing scraped the underside of the plane and bent the propeller.
The airfield was closed while authorities dealt with the crash.
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FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Smith Field Airport officials said no one was hurt when a plane crashed Saturday afternoon.
Fort Wayne police and firefighters were dispatched to an aircraft accident at Smith Field Airport off Lima and Cook Roads around 4:15 p.m.
NewsChannel 15 has learned that the plane was doing take off and landing exercises. During one of the landings, the plane landed without the landing gear down. The director of the airport said it's not clear yet if the pilot didn't put down the gear for some reason or if there was a mechanical issue with the plane.
There were two people on the plane. No one was hurt. It's not know if one of the people on the plane was an instructor. There is a flight school located at the airport.
The plane is registered out of Auburn. The names of the people on board haven't been released.
Crews are raising the plane to lower the landing gear and tow the plane off the runway.
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