Courtesy of the Fairfield Police Department
No one was injured when this Cessna 172 Cutlass RG front landing gear malfunctioned today, necessitating a scary but safe landing at the Essex County Airport.
FAIRFIELD TWP. _ No injuries were reported when a single engine
plane was forced to land without its front landing gear engaged at
Essex County Airport shortly after noon today.
Police received a 9-1-1 call from airport officials at 12:21 P.M. reporting a plane would be attempting to land without its front landing gear engaged.
The plane, a 1982 fixed wing, single engine Cessna owned by CF Images LLC of 19 Wright Way, Fairfield, apparently had some malfunction in engaging its landing gear while in flight, police said.
Frederick Hartman Jr. of Century Air, which is located at the airport, was at the plane’s controls at the time of the incident. He was engaged in training a second individual, identified as Alberto Corvo, to become a flight instructor.
The plane landed at 12:49 P.M. without the front landing gear and without incident. No one was injured.
The Fairfield Fire Department, Atlantic Ambulance and Paramedics and the Essex County Sheriff’s Department all responded to the emergency. The investigation of the incident was turned over to the Federal Aviation Administration. The airport has resumed normal operations.
This is the second incident at the Essex County Airport this year involving a plane that had a landing gear malfunction during landing. On February 7th a 1964 Piper PA-30, fixed wing, multi-engine airplane lost the use of all of its landing gear and the plane ended up sliding down the runway. No one was injured.
Police received a 9-1-1 call from airport officials at 12:21 P.M. reporting a plane would be attempting to land without its front landing gear engaged.
The plane, a 1982 fixed wing, single engine Cessna owned by CF Images LLC of 19 Wright Way, Fairfield, apparently had some malfunction in engaging its landing gear while in flight, police said.
Frederick Hartman Jr. of Century Air, which is located at the airport, was at the plane’s controls at the time of the incident. He was engaged in training a second individual, identified as Alberto Corvo, to become a flight instructor.
The plane landed at 12:49 P.M. without the front landing gear and without incident. No one was injured.
The Fairfield Fire Department, Atlantic Ambulance and Paramedics and the Essex County Sheriff’s Department all responded to the emergency. The investigation of the incident was turned over to the Federal Aviation Administration. The airport has resumed normal operations.
This is the second incident at the Essex County Airport this year involving a plane that had a landing gear malfunction during landing. On February 7th a 1964 Piper PA-30, fixed wing, multi-engine airplane lost the use of all of its landing gear and the plane ended up sliding down the runway. No one was injured.
Nice Cessna 172 Cutlass RG (N9343D) sits at Essex County Airport (CDW): http://www.flickr.com/photo
http://registry.faa.gov/N9343D
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